Chapter 236
AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2000 TO PROVIDE FOR SUPPLEMENTING CERTAIN EXISTING APPROPRIATIONS AND FOR CERTAIN OTHER ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS.

Whereas , The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose, which is to make certain supplemental appropriations
forthwith for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, each of which
is necessary or appropriate to effectuate said appropriations
or for other important public purposes, therefore it is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public convenience.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same,
as follows:

SECTION 1. To provide for supplementing certain items
in the general appropriation act and other appropriation acts
for fiscal year 2000, the sums set forth in section 2 are hereby
appropriated from the general fund unless specifically designated
otherwise herein or in said appropriation acts, for the several
purposes and subject to the conditions specified herein or in
said appropriation acts, and subject to the provisions of law
regulating the disbursement of public funds for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2000, provided hat said sums shall be in addition
to any amounts previously appropriated and made available for
the purposes of said items.

SECTION 2.

JUDICIARY.

0321-2000 ...................................... $3,200

0332-3900 ...................................... $51,211

DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.

Hampden District Attorney.

0340-0500 ..................................... $98,983

Norfolk District Attorney.

0340-0700 ..................................... $287,896

Massachusetts Cultural Council.

0640-0300 ..................................... $280,000

EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE.

Office of the Secretary.

1100-1100 ..................................... $300,000

Department of Veterans' Services.

1410-0400 ........................................ $100,000

Reserves.

1599-0036 ................................... $1,246,436

1599-3384 ................................... $1,650,000

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS.

Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Environmental Law
Enforcement.

2350-0100 ............................................ $25,000

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

Division of Medical Assistance.

4000-0320 .......................................... $5,000,000

Department of Social Services.

4800-0031 ........................................... $486,000

4800-0041 ......................................... $2,085,023

Department of Mental Health.

5046-0000 ........................................... $225,000

Department of Housing and Community Development.

7004-0200 ........................................ $400,000

OFFICE OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND BUSINESS REGULATION.

Division of Insurance.

7006-0020 ...................................... $1,200,000

OFFICE OF LABOR, EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

Department of Economic Development.

7007-0400 ........................................ $100,000

7007-0950 ......................................... $65,000

7007-0960 ........................................ $259,406

7007-1000 ........................................ $123,218

7007-1300 ......................................... $19,455

Department of Education.

7061-0012 ...................................... $4,269,240

7061-9010 ...................................... $5,826,790

7061-9400 ...................................... $2,582,813

7066-0009 ........................................ $387,000

Community Colleges.

7514-0100 ......................................... $20,000

Board of Higher Education.

7520-0424 ......................................... $88,894

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

Department of State Police.

8100-9999 ......................................... $497,270

Sheriffs.

8910-0105 ......................................... $474,000

8910-0145 ....................................... $2,000,000

Parole Board.

8950-0001 ......................................... $600,000

SECTION 2A. To provide for certain unanticipated obligations
of the commonwealth, to provide for an alteration of purpose for
current appropriations, and to meet certain requirements of law,
the sums set forth herein are hereby appropriated from the general
fund unless specifically designated otherwise herein, for the
several purposes and subject to the conditions specified herein,
and subject to the provisions of law regulating the disbursement
of public funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, and
provided that said sums shall be in addition to any amounts previously
appropriated and made available for the purposes of said items.

JUDICIARY.

Committee for Public Counsel Services.

0321-1528

For fees and court costs and compensation of private counsel,
as appropriated in section 2 in items 0321-1510, 0321-1512, and
0321-1520 of chapter 127 of the acts of 1999; provided that funds
shall be expended for the payment of fiscal year 2000 and prior
year bills $5,482,000

Trial Court.

0330-2203

For the fiscal year 1999 and 2000 costs of the energy improvements
contract, so-called, between the former Hampden county and Citicorp
Real Estate,Inc. $719,440

SECRETARY OF STATE.

0511-0250

For the costs of chilled water services supplied by the University
of Massachusetts for the purposes of the Massachusetts archives
building $26,000

EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE.

Veterans' Affairs.

1410-0017

For the commonwealth's contribution to the national world
war II memorial, provided that the amount appropriated shall
represent a $1 contribution for each Massachusetts resident who
served in said war $569,000

Reserves.

1599-0006

For a reserve for reimbursement to the city of Boston for
interest on bonds notes in anticipation thereof issued under
authority of section
7 of chapter 152 of the acts of 1997 ......................$1,759,823

Boston Convention Center Fund ........... 100.0%

1599-0050

For a reserve for payment of interest on debts incurred to
finance the design or construction of the route 3 north project,
so-called, pursuant to section
6 of chapter 53 of the acts of 1999 .....................
$14,000,000

1599-0051

For grants for costs associated with the preservation of certain
historical properties; provided, that not less than $55,624 shall
be made available for the Massachusetts Historical Society; provided
further, that not less than $64,349 shall be made available for
the Gropius House, so-called, located in the town of Lincoln;
provided further, that not less than $119,849 shall be made available
for the Chesterwood, so-called, located in the town of Stockbridge;
provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be made available
for the Longfellow House, so-called, located in the city of Cambridge;
and provided further, that not less than $1,460,178 shall be
made available for the Mount, so-called, located in the town
of Lenox ...................$2,000,000

1599-3942

For a reserve to meet the fiscal years 1998, 1999 and 2000
costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized
by the collective bargaining agreement between the University
of Massachusetts and International Brotherhood of Police Officers
Local 432, Units A and B; provided, that the secretary of administration
and finance may transfer from the sum appropriated herein to
other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal
year 2000 such amounts as are necessary to meet said costs, in
accordance with a transfer plan which shall be filed in advance
with the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided
further, that no funds appropriated herein shall be expended
for career incentive payments ................$399,000

1599-3948

For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2000 costs of salary
adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective
bargaining agreement between the Hampden county sheriff's department
and the Hampden County Superior Correctional Officers Association,
and to meet the fiscal year 2000 costs of salary adjustments
and other economic benefits necessary to provide equal adjustments
and benefits to employees employed in confidential positions,
so-called, which otherwise would be covered by said agreement;
provided, that the personnel administrator, with the approval
of the secretary of administration and finance, shall determine
such adjustments and benefits for such "confidential"
employees in accordance with the provisions of the collective
bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise would cover
said positions; provided further, that said secretary may transfer
from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation
and allocations thereof for said fiscal year such amounts as
are necessary, to meet said costs where the amounts otherwise
available are insufficient for the purpose, in accordance with
a transfer plan which shall be filed in advance with the house
and senate committees on ways and means ........................
$351,000

1599-3949

For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2000 costs of salary
adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective
bargaining agreement between the Hampden county sheriff's department
and the Non-Uniformed Correctional Association, and to meet the
fiscal year 2000 costs of salary adjustments and other economic
benefits necessary to provide equal adjustments and benefits
to employees employed in confidential positions, so-called, which
otherwise would be covered by said agreement; provided, that
the personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary
of administration and finance, shall determine such adjustments
and benefits for such "confidential" employees in accordance
with the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement then
in effect which otherwise would cover said positions; provided
further, that said secretary may transfer from the sum appropriated
herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof
for said fiscal year such amounts as are necessary to meet said
costs where the amounts otherwise available are insufficient
for the purpose, in accordance with a transfer plan which shall
be filed in advance with the house and senate committees on ways
and means .............................. .$1,243,000

1599-3955

For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2000 costs of salary
adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective
bargaining agreement between the University of Massachusetts
and the Graduate Employee Organization, Local 2322/UAW, and to
meet the fiscal year 2000 costs of salary adjustments and other
economic benefits necessary to provide equal adjustments and
benefits to employees employed in confidential positions, so-called,
which otherwise would be covered by said agreement; provided,
that the personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary
of administration and finance, shall determine such adjustments
and benefits for such confidential employees in accordance with
the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement then in
effect which otherwise would cover said positions; provided further,
that said secretary may transfer from the sum appropriated herein
to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for said
fiscal year such amounts as are necessary to meet said costs
where the amounts otherwise available are insufficient for the
purpose, in accordance with a transfer plan which shall be filed
in advance with the house and senate committees on ways and means
.................$945,000

1599-3956

For a reserve to meet the commonwealth's obligations for fiscal
years 2000 and 2001 pursuant to the provisions of article 24
of the collective bargaining agreement between the University
of Massachusetts and the Graduate Employee Organization, Local
2322/UAW, regarding professional growth and development; provided,
that the secretary of administration and finance may allocate
during said fiscal years from the sum appropriated herein such
amounts as are necessary to meet the cost of said obligations;
and provided further, that this appropriation shall expire on
June 30, 2001 ...................................$372,000

1599-3959

For a reserve to meet the fiscal years 2000 and 2001 costs
of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized
by the collective bargaining agreement between the University
of Massachusetts and the Service Employees International Union,
Local 509, Unit B, and to meet the fiscal years 2000 and 2001
costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits necessary
to provide equal adjustments and benefits to employees employed
in confidential positions, so-called, which otherwise would be
covered by said agreement; provided, that the personnel administrator,
with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance,
shall determine such adjustments and benefits for such confidential
employees in accordance with the provisions of the collective
bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise would cover
said positions; provided further, that said secretary may transfer
from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation
and allocations thereof for said fiscal years such amounts as
are necessary to meet said costs where the amounts otherwise
available are insufficient for the purpose, in accordance with
a transfer plan which shall be filed in advance with the house
and senate committees on ways and means; and provided further,
that this appropriation shall expire on June 30, 2001 ...............................$161,000

1599-3960

For a reserve to meet the fiscal years 1999, 2000 and 2001
costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized
by the collective bargaining agreement between the University
of Massachusetts and the Service Employees International Union,
Local 285, Unit B, and to meet the fiscal years 1999, 2000 and
2001 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits
necessary to provide equal adjustments and benefits to employees
employed in confidential positions, so-called, which otherwise
would be covered by said agreement; provided, that the personnel
administrator, with the approval of the secretary of administration
and finance, shall determine such adjustments and benefits for
such confidential employees in accordance with the provisions
of the collective bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise
would cover said positions; provided further, that said secretary
may transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items
of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal years 2000
and 2001 such amounts as are necessary to meet said costs where
the amounts otherwise available are insufficient for the purpose,
in accordance with a transfer plan which shall be filed in advance
with the house and senate committees on ways and means; and provided
further, that this appropriation shall expire on June 30, 2001
............................$89,000

1599-3961

For a reserve to meet the fiscal years 2000 and 2001 costs
of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized
by the collective bargaining agreement between the University
of Massachusetts and the Graduate Employee Organization, Local
1596 UAW, and to meet the fiscal years 2000 and 2001 costs of
salary adjustments and other economic benefits necessary to provide
equal adjustments and benefits to employees employed in confidential
positions, so-called, which otherwise would be covered by said
agreement; provided, that the personnel administrator, with the
approval of the secretary of administration and finance, shall
determine such adjustments and benefits for such confidential
employees in accordance with the provisions of the collective
bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise would cover
said positions; provided further, that said secretary may transfer
from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation
and allocations thereof for said fiscal years such amounts as
are necessary to meet said costs where the amounts otherwise
available are insufficient for the purpose, in accordance with
a transfer plan which shall be filed in advance with the house
and senate committees on ways and means; and provided further,
that this appropriation shall expire on June 30, 2001 ...............................$456,000

1599-3962

For a reserve to meet the fiscal years 1999, 2000 and 2001
costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized
by the collective bargaining agreement between the commonwealth
and the Office and Professional Employees International Union,
Local 6, for the Hampden registry of deeds, and to meet the fiscal
years 1999, 2000, and 2001 costs of salary adjustments and other
economic benefits necessary to provide equal adjustments and
benefits to employees employed in confidential positions, so-called,
which otherwise would be covered by said agreement; provided,
that the personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary
of administration and finance, shall determine such adjustments
and benefits for such confidential employees in accordance with
the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement then in
effect which otherwise would cover said positions; and provided
further, that said secretary may transfer from the sum appropriated
herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof
for fiscal year 2001 such amounts as are necessary to meet said
costs where the amounts otherwise available are insufficient
for the purpose, in accordance with a transfer plan which shall
be filed in advance with the house and senate committees on ways
and means ...........................$393,000

1599-3963

For a reserve to meet the fiscal years 1999, 2000 and 2001
costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized
by the collective bargaining agreement between the commonwealth
and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees,
Council 93, Local 414, for the Middlesex south registry of deeds,
and to meet the fiscal years 1999, 2000 and 2001 costs of salary
adjustments and other economic benefits necessary to provide
equal adjustments and benefits to employees employed in confidential
positions, so-called, which otherwise would be covered by said
agreement; provided, that the personnel administrator, with the
approval of the secretary of administration and finance, shall
determine such adjustments and benefits for such confidential
employees in accordance with the provisions of the collective
bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise would cover
said positions; and provided further, that said secretary may
transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation
and allocations thereof for fiscal year 2001 such amounts as
are necessary to meet said costs where the amounts otherwise
available are insufficient for the purpose, in accordance with
a transfer plan which shall be filed in advance with the house
and senate committees on ways and means ................................$539,000

1599-3964

For a reserve to meet the fiscal years 1999, 2000 and 2001
costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized
by the collective bargaining agreement between the commonwealth
and the Office and Professional Employees International Union,
Local 6, for the Middlesex north and south registry of deeds,
and to meet the fiscal years 1999, 2000 and 2001 costs of salary
adjustments and other economic benefits necessary to provide
equal adjustments and benefits to employees employed in confidential
positions, so-called, which otherwise would be covered by said
agreement; provided, that the personnel administrator, with the
approval of the secretary of administration and finance, shall
determine such adjustments and benefits for such confidential
employees in accordance with the provisions of the collective
bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise would cover
said positions; and provided further, that said secretary may
transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation
and allocations thereof for fiscal year 2001 such amounts as
are necessary to meet said costs where the amounts otherwise
available are insufficient for the purpose, in accordance with
a transfer plan which shall be filed in advance with the house
and senate committees on ways and means ..........................$398,000

1599-3965

For a reserve to meet the fiscal years 1999, 2000 and 2001
costs of salary adjustments required by the reclassification
of certain management positions in the department of correction;
provided, that the secretary of administration and finance may
transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation
and allocations thereof for fiscal year 2001 such amounts as
are necessary to meet said costs where the amounts otherwise
available are insufficient for the purpose, in accordance with
a transfer plan which shall be filed in advance with the house
and senate committees on ways and means ........................
$938,000

1599-3966

For a reserve to meet the costs in fiscal year 2000 of salary
increases, benefit adjustments and other employee economic benefits
authorized for employees of the supreme judicial court, the appeals
court and the trial court that are covered by the collective
bargaining agreements between the trial court of the commonwealth
and the Office and Professional Employees International Union
Local 6 (AFL-CIO), professional and clerical units; provided,
that the secretary may make allocations from this item to meet
the costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits to
personnel of the trial court employed in confidential, so-called,
positions who would otherwise be covered by collective-bargaining
agreements in effect for fiscal year 2000 and to meet the costs
of providing equal salary adjustments and other economic benefits
to employees who are not otherwise classified in any such collective
bargaining unit of the trial court, the mental health legal advisors
committee, the board of bar examiners and the commission on judicial
conduct; provided further, that the secretary of administration
and finance may transfer from the sum appropriated herein to
other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal
year 2000 such adjustments and benefits where the amounts otherwise
available are insufficient for the purpose, in accordance with
a transfer plan which shall be filed in advance with the house
and senate committees on ways and means .......................
$1,680,048

1599-3967

For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2000 costs of salary
adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective
bargaining agreement between the board of higher education and
the Massachusetts Teachers Association/Massachusetts Community
College Council, and to meet the fiscal year 2000 costs of salary
adjustments and benefits to employees employed in confidential
positions, so-called, which otherwise would be covered by said
agreement; provided, that the personal administrator, with the
approval of the secretary of administration and finance, shall
determine such adjustments and benefits for such "confidential"
employees in accordance with the provisions of the collective
bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise would cover
said positions; and provided further, that said secretary may
transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation
and allocations thereof for fiscal year 2001 such amounts as
are necessary to meet said costs where the amounts otherwise
available are insufficient for the purpose, in accordance with
a transfer plan which shall be filed in advance with the house
and senate committee on ways and means ............................$3,973,000

1599-9719

For a reserve for payment of certain expenses associated with
the abolition of county governments, including costs of Berkshire
County .............. $300,000

1599-9953

For the purpose of a central artery/third harbor tunnel mitigation
program; provided, that the amount authorized herein shall be
expended according to a spending plan submitted jointly by the
North End Community Health Center, the North End/West End Neighborhood
Service Center, and the Nazzaro Recreational Center to the secretary
of transportation and construction and the secretary of administration
and finance; and provided further, that the department of highways
shall seek additional federal funding for said mitigation program
.................... $757,709

1599-9954

For the costs of repairs to the Saw Mill Lane bridge over
Mother Brook in the town of Dedham and the city of Boston .......................$250,000

Human Resources Division.

1750-3829

For the state-wide labor/management committee pursuant to
the provisions of article 25 of the collective bargaining agreement
between the commonwealth and the Alliance, AFSCME/SEIU, AFL-CIO
(Units 8 and 10); provided, that this appropriation shall expire
on June 30, 2001 .......................... $91,000

1750-3876

For the alternative dispute resolution and statewide training
and career ladders programs pursuant to the provisions of articles
25 and 30, respectively, of the collective bargaining agreement
between the commonwealth and the Massachusetts Nurses Association
(Unit 7); provided, that this appropriation shall expire on June
30, 2001 ........................ $114,000

1750-3897

For the wellness program pursuant to the provisions of the
memorandum of understanding dated October 7, 1998, between the
commonwealth and the Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated
Union (Unit 4); provided, that this appropriation shall expire
on June 30, 2001 .................. $25,000

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS.

Office of the Secretary.

2000-0104

For the operational costs of certain environmental affairs
agencies during Sail Boston 2000, so-called; provided, that the
secretary of environmental affairs shall allocate funds appropriated
herein to those agencies with direct responsibilities for environmental
safety and law enforcement at said event and its related activities
.....................$300,000

Department of Environmental Management.

2100-1123

For matching grants for the costs of design and planning associated
with the rehabilitation, enhancement and upgrade of a department
of environmental management parcel of property within the city
of Holyoke surrounded by the Community Field/Scott Tower Public
Park; provided, that funds appropriated herein shall be contingent
upon a match of $1 in local or private funds for every dollar
in state funds .................... $200,000

Metropolitan District Commission.

2443-2010

For the Commonwealth Zoological Corporation; provided, that
said corporation shall report to the house and senate committees
on ways and means no later than March 31, 2001 on the status
and amounts of private fundraising as identified in the draft
Zoo New England 2000 capital plan ..................... $5,000,000

For the payment of certain rate settlements owed for rate
years 1994 to 2000, inclusive, pursuant to sections 84, 85 and
86 of this act and for the purpose of making a non-recurring
Medicaid payment of $4,500,000 to the Carney hospital in the
city of Boston for disproportionate share costs, so-called ..................
$9,000,000

Division of Health Care Finance and Policy.

4100-0066

For the purpose of awarding one-time grants in fiscal year
2001 to qualifying community health centers located in communities
with demonstrated significant barriers to care or serving patients
with unusually high acuity, notwithstanding the provisions of
any general or special law to the contrary; provided, that criteria
established by the division for the award of such grants shall
be based on barriers to care in a community including, but not
limited to, language, ethnicity, race, financial status, insurance
status and patient acuity factors including, but not limited
to, multi-system failures, psycho-social needs, endemic incidence
of substance abuse and nutritional and dietary deficiencies underlying
the disease process; provided further, that any documentation
requested by the division to substantiate grant applications
shall be made available by an applicant including, but not limited
to, information about patient volume and demographics and the
cost and types of services provided to patients; provided further,
that such grants shall be awarded consistent with the recommendations
of an advisory council consisting of the commissioner of the
division of health care finance and policy, the commissioner
of medical assistance, the commissioner of public health, the
executive director of the Massachusetts League of Community Health
Centers, the executive director of Health Care for All, and the
secretary of health and human services or the designees of any
such member thereof; provided further, that said advisory group
shall recommend to the division not later than September 1, 2000
the most efficacious means of awarding the grants authorized
herein consistent with the provisions of this item; provided
further, that said secretary shall chair the advisory group;
and provided further that not more than $100,000 of the amount
appropriated herein shall be expended by the division for the
purposes of assisting centers applying for said grants or to
pursue available federal technical assistance funding .......................
$7,000,000

4100-0067

For the purpose of awarding one-time grants to non-profit
providers of elder care such as aging service access points,
nursing facilities, home care providers, councils on aging, home
health providers, adult day care providers, dementia-specific
adult day care providers, and other charitable organizations
for the elderly for equipment upgrades that directly improve
patient care, and for the conversion or renovation of existing
space or acquisition and construction costs of new physical plant
space for the development of new programs, which support the
continuum of care for the elderly, notwithstanding the provisions
of any general or special law to the contrary; provided that
such programs shall include, but not be limited to, assisted
living facilities, congregate or shared housing facilities, shelters
for abused or homeless elders, day care facilities, night care
facilities, medical clinics, mental health or substance abuse
clinics, geriatric psychiatry units, elder-to-work and teen-elder
partnership cooperatives and respite care clinics; provided,
that said grants shall be used for conversion or start-up costs
rather than ordinary operating expenses; provided further, that
preference among all applicants will be given to those serving
low-income, under-served elderly populations; provided further,
that preference on equipment purchase grants shall be given for
the purchase of medical equipment; provided further, that grant
awards shall not exceed the amount of $1,000,000 per recipient;
provided further, that all applicants shall provide documentation
requested by the division of health care finance and policy to
substantiate requests for such grants including, but not limited
to, information on the number of patients served and the cost
and types of services provided to said patients, a detailed plan
of expenditure uses, an overview of existing resources and projected
revenue collections resulting from expansion; provided further,
that an advisory group consisting of the secretary of health
and human services, who shall chair the group, the commissioner
of medical assistance, the commissioner of public health, the
secretary of elder affairs, the executive director of the Massachusetts
Extended Care Federation, the executive director of Mass Aging,
Inc., the executive director of the Alzheimer's Association,
the executive director of Mass Home Care, the executive director
of Massachusetts Senior Action Council, Inc., the executive director
of Health Care for All, the executive director of the American
Association of Retired Persons, the executive director of the
Home and Health Care Association of Massachusetts, and the executive
director of the Massachusetts Assisted Living Facilities Association,
or the designees of any such member, shall recommend to the commissioner
of health care finance and policy not later than 30 days after
the effective date of this act the most efficacious means of
awarding said grants, consistent with the provisions of this
item; and provided further, that said commissioner shall establish
award criteria for said grants consistent with the provisions
of this item and the recommendations of said advisory group ..............$8,000,000

Department of Transitional Assistance.

4405-2010

For payment of prior fiscal year expenses for special grant
recipients of the state supplemental security income program
residing in rest homes; provided, that all expenditures made
from this item shall be subject to the provisions of item 4405-2000
of section 2 of chapter 194 of 1998 ........................$250,000

Department of Social Services.

4800-0049

For the payment of group care prior year bills ......................$270,995

Department of Economic Development.

7007-0350

For manufacturing assistance services to be administered by
the Massachusetts office of business development; provided, that
said funds shall be expended to assist manufacturing extension
services, alternative deployment pilot projects, total quality
management projects, technology access programs, shop floor management
projects, provided further, that said services shall include
the operation of the Massachusetts manufacturing partnership
............................$875,000

Department of Education.

7061-9405

For the development of certificates of occupational proficiency
for vocational school students .....................$100,000

University of Massachusetts.

7100-0201

For the purpose of providing permanent or temporary public
safety and security enhancements to the University of Massachusetts'
Boston campus in preparation for its housing of the 2000 Presidential
Debate including, but not limited to, various infrastructure
repairs and improvements, the purchase or rental of equipment
to provide additional power and cooling for the debate site and
any other expenditure intended to preserve the health and safety
of a large crowd; provided, that all expenditures from this item
shall be subject to the prior approval of the Vice Chancellor
for Administration and Finance on the Boston campus; and provided
further, that appropriations made herein shall expire on June
30, 2001 ................$900,000

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

Office of the Secretary.

8000-0005

For the costs of establishing a law enforcement memorial and
a firefighters memorial; provided, that an amount not to exceed
$250,000 shall be made available to the Massachusetts Law Enforcement
Memorial Foundation, Inc., for the design, construction and maintenance
of a memorial to law enforcement personnel killed in the line
of duty as defined in section 100 of chapter 32 of the General
Laws; and provided further, that an amount not to exceed $250,000
shall be allocated to the division of capital asset management
and maintenance for the design, construction and maintenance
of a memorial to firefighters killed in the line of duty .......................$500,000

8000-0017

For the operational costs of certain state public safety agencies
during Sail Boston 2000, so-called; provided, that the secretary
of public safety shall allocate funds appropriated herein to
those state agencies with direct responsibilities for public
safety and law enforcement at said event and its related activities
..................... $779,072

Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.

8800-2000

For a reserve payment to the cities and towns which sustained
severe damage during tropical storm Floyd; provided, that all
expenditures made from this item shall be certified and disbursed
by the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency ....................
$2,230,000

LEGISLATURE.

Joint Legislature.

9750-0100

For the purposes of establishing an advisory committee to
hire an independent consultant to evaluate the feasibility and
fiscal implications of establishing a system of consolidated
health care financing and streamlined health care delivery model
accessible to every resident of the commonwealth, pursuant to
section 32 of chapter 141 of the acts of 2000 ................$250,000

NO SECTION 2B.

SECTION 2C.I. For the purpose of making available in
fiscal year 2001 balances of appropriations which otherwise would
revert on June 30, 2000, the unexpended balances of the maintenance
appropriations listed below, not to exceed the amount specified
below for each item, are hereby re-appropriated for the purposes
of and subject to the conditions stated for the corresponding
item in section 2
of chapter 159 of the acts of 2000; provided, however, that
for items which do not appear in said section 2 of said chapter
159, the amounts in this section are re-appropriated for the purposes
of and subject to the conditions stated for the corresponding
item in section 2 or 2A of this act or in prior appropriation
acts. Amounts in this section are re-appropriated from the fund
or funds designated for the corresponding item in said section
2 of said chapter 159; provided, however, that for items which
do not appear in said section 2 of said chapter 159, the amounts
in this section are re-appropriated from the fund or funds designated
for the corresponding item in section 2 or 2A or in prior appropriation
acts. The sums re-appropriated herein shall be in addition to
any amounts available for said purposes.

JUDICIARY.

0321-1500 ...................................... $651,933

0332-3900 ....................................... $51,211

0339-2100 ...................................... $130,000

District Attorneys.

0340-0700 ...................................... $287,896

SECRETARY OF STATE.

0526-0102 ...................................... $540,000

TREASURER AND RECEIVER-GENERAL.

Massachusetts Cultural Council.

0640-0300 ...................................... $280,000

Debt Service.

0699-9101 ................................... $28,750,000

STATE ETHICS COMMISSION.

0900-0100 ........................................ $75,000

EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE.

Office of the Secretary.

1100-1100 ....................................... $300,000

Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance.

1102-3204 ...................................... $8,353,680

1102-3206 ....................................... $400,000

Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.

1150-5100 .................................. $450,000

Department of Veterans' Services.

1410-0017 .................................. $569,000

1410-8999 .................................. $900,000

Reserves.

1599-0006 ................................. $1,759,823

1599-0033 ................................. $3,000,000

1599-0036 ................................. $1,246,436

1599-0050 ................................ $14,000,000

1599-0051 ................................. $2,000,000

1599-3384 ................................. $1,650,000

1599-3845 ................................. $1,821,864

1599-3942 .................................. $399,000

1599-3948 .................................. $351,000

1599-3949 ................................. $1,243,000

1599-3955 .................................. $945,000

1599-3956 .................................. $372,000

1599-3959 .................................. $161,000

1599-3960 ................................... $89,000

1599-3961 .................................. $456,000

1599-3962 .................................. $393,000

1599-3963 .................................. $539,000

1599-3964 .................................. $398,000

1599-3965 .................................. $938,000

1599-3966 ................................. $1,680,048

1599-3967 ................................. $3,973,000

1599-9150 ................................. $6,800,000

1599-9719 .................................. $300,000

1599-9953 .................................. $757,709

1599-9954 .................................. $250,000

Human Resources Division.

1750-0200 .................................. $200,000

1750-3829 ................................... $91,000

1750-3876 .................................. $114,000

1750-3897 ................................... $25,000

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS.

2000-0104 ...................................... $300,000

Department of Environmental Management.

2100-0005 .................................... $1,430,639

2100-1123 ...................................... $200,000

Department of Environmental Protection.

2200-0100 ....................................... $50,000

Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Environmental Law
Enforcement.

2320-0200 ...................................... $992,000

2350-0100 ....................................... $25,000

Metropolitan District Commission.

2440-0010 .................................... $3,026,673

2440-0501 .................................... $1,562,803

2443-2010 .................................... $5,000,000

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

Office of the Secretary.

4000-0107 ...................................... $113,460

Division of Medical Assistance.

4000-0304 ....................................... $6,250,000

4000-0305 ....................................... $9,000,000

Division of Health Care Finance and Policy.

4100-0066 ....................................... $7,000,000

4100-0067 ....................................... $8,000,000

Department of Public Health.

4590-0914 ......................................... $789,100

Department of Social Services.

4800-0015 ......................................... $294,000

Department of Mental Health.

5011-1102 ....................................... $3,800,000

5046-0000 ......................................... $225,000

Department of Mental Retardation.

5911-1102 ....................................... $1,808,489

OFFICE OF LABOR, EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

7002-9500 ......................................... $100,000

7003-0700 ......................................... $225,000

7003-0701 ...................................... $10,319,832

7003-2000 ......................................... $100,000

Department of Housing and Community Development.

7004-0089 ....................................... $2,688,250

7004-0200 ......................................... $400,000

Division of Insurance.

7006-0020 ....................................... $1,200,000

Board of Registration in Medicine.

7006-0130 .................................. $200,000

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

7007-0350 .................................. $875,000

7007-0400 .................................. $100,000

7007-0920 .................................. $664,652

7007-0950 ................................... $65,000

7007-0960 .................................. $259,406

7007-1000 .................................. $123,218

7007-1300 ................................... $19,455

Department of Education.

7061-9405 ................................ $100,000

7066-0009 ................................ $387,000

Board of Higher Education.

7077-2000 ................................ $499,434

University of Massachusetts.

7100-0201 ................................ $900,000

Community Colleges.

7514-0100 ................................ $20,000

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

Office of the Secretary.

8000-0005 ................................ $500,000

8000-0017 ................................ $779,072

8001-1900 .............................. $1,955,000

Department of State Police.

8100-0063..............................$2,405,199

Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.

8800-2000 .............................. $2,230,000

Department of Correction.

8900-0019 .............................. $920,000

Sheriffs.

8910-0105 .............................. $474,000

8910-0107 .............................. $353,594

8910-0110 .............................. $231,000

8910-0145 .............................. $2,000,000

Parole Board.

8950-0001 .............................. $600,000

LEGISLATURE.

Joint Legislature.

9750-0100 .............................. $250,000

NO SECTION 2D.

SECTION 2E. To provide for certain unanticipated obligations
of the commonwealth, to provide for certain other activities and
projects and to meet certain requirements of law, the sums set
forth herein are hereby appropriated from the Capital Improvement
and Investment Trust Fund for the several purposes and subject
to the conditions specified herein, and subject to the provisions
of law regulating the disbursement of public funds; provided,
that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special
law to the contrary, appropriations made herein shall expire on
June 30, 2003.

SECRETARY OF STATE.

0511-0251

For the costs associated with installation of a new air cooling
system in the Massachusetts Archives Building ................
$265,000

0526-0103

For a program of matching grants to units of municipal government
and to private, nonprofit organizations for the preservation
of historic properties, landscapes and sites; provided, that
such funds shall be awarded in accordance with regulations promulgated
by the state secretary in his capacity as chair of the Massachusetts
historical commission; and provided further, that said regulations
shall include preferences for historic properties, landscapes,
and sites registered under the state register of historic places,
as described pursuant to section 26C of chapter 9 of the General
Laws ................ $5,000,000

EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE.

Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance.

1102-0048

For the demolition and remediation of certain properties in
the commonwealth .........................$5,000,000

1102-0049

For the demolition and remediation of Aztec Industries, so-called
.........................$481,000

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE.

Reserves.

1599-0052

For a 20 per cent matching grant for construction costs of
the Berkshire South Regional Community Center ........................
$1,000,000

1599-7102

For a reserve for transfer to the University of Massachusetts
Building Authority to be expended, in conjunction with other
funds of the authority or any other source, for the design and
construction of an integrated science facility at the University
of Massachusetts, Amherst or on behalf of a University affiliate
in the city of Springfield, a life science research facility,
as part of the pioneer valley life sciences initiative; provided
further, that not less than 90 days prior to the expenditure
of any funds from this item, said authority shall submit to the
house and senate committees on ways and means a report detailing
the total project cost and a financing plan which shall detail
the matching funds committed from federal, local and private
sources; provided further, that said report shall include a memorandum
of agreement between the University of Massachusetts, local medical
research centers and other public or private entities in which
all parties commit to a long-term plan for the operation of such
facilities; and provided further, that said memorandum shall
include, but not be limited to, provisions addressing the respective
intellectual and other property rights and interests of the parties,
the disbursement and assignment of profits, royalties and other
benefits, and ethical rules and disclosure requirements of the
public and private employees............$5,000,000

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS.

Office of the Secretary.

2000-1997

For the dredging of lakes, ponds, rivers and other waterways
located within the commonwealth ....................$10,000,000

2000-2120

For the maintenance, repair and beautification of the recreational
assets in the commonwealth; provided, that grants from this item
may be made to municipalities and non-profit organizations for
the improvement of municipally-owned parks and playgrounds; provided
further, that any such grants to municipalities or non-profits
shall require matching funds of not less than 100 per cent .......................
$4,433,334

Department of Environmental Management.

2100-1122

For the costs of design, engineering and permitting for the
restoration and rehabilitation of the Muddy river, so-called
............... $1,000,000

2100-3333

For the acquisition of property to preserve valuable shoreline
and to protect undeveloped land located in the city of Beverly;
provided, that funds shall be expended for the acquisition of
the 12.3 acre Green Hill's property, so-called, which are adjacent
to the Ayers Ryal Side Elementary school including property along
the Bass River; and provided further, that funds be expended
for the acquisition of the 14.5 acre Hill properties, so-called,
which are adjacent to Sally Milligan Park and the Santin properties
..................$1,200,000

2120-7998

For repairs and improvements to the Falls dam in the town
of North Attleborough .............................. $250,000

Department of Environmental Protection.

2200-0003

For reimbursements to municipalities, authorities, water pollution
control districts or other entities pursuant to grants previously
made under the authority of chapter 747 of the acts of 1970,
chapter 406 of the acts of 1978, chapter 286 of the acts of 1982,
chapter 723 of the acts of 1983, chapter 233 of the acts of 1984,
chapter 786 of the acts of 1985, chapter 307 of the acts of 1987,
and chapter 564 of the acts of 1987; provided, that said payments
will be consistent with a payment schedule provided by the department
of environmental protection ............... $4,090,360

Metropolitan District Commission.

2420-1420

For costs associated with the master plan for the Lower Neponset
River; provided, that $550,000 shall be expended for Pope John
Paul park phase II improvements; provided further, that $950,000
shall be expended for Park House improvements; provided further,
that $950,000 shall be expended for the fishing pier, so-called;
provided further, that $6,500,000 shall be expended for building
demolition, soil remediation, landscaping and related design
costs of the T and Schlager property, so-called; and provided
further, that $7,500,000 shall be expended for the acquisition
of the Sax Parcel, so-called ................$15,955,000

Department of Food and Agriculture.

2511-0110

For a reserve to reimburse cities and towns for the costs
of acquisition of open space land for the purposes of conservation
and recreation; provided, that each such reimbursement shall
represent the commonwealth's total commitment in such acquisitions;
and provided further that all expenditures for the agricultural
preservation restrictions program be made pursuant to sections
11A to 11D, inclusive, of chapter 132A of the General Laws .................$2,000,000

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

Massachusetts Soldiers' Home.

4180-0013

For the installation of an automated sprinkler system in the
Quigley building at the Massachusetts soldiers' home .................$3,000,000

Department of Public Health.

4510-0120

For the start-up costs of new oral health clinics; provided,
that the amount appropriated herein shall be made available as
grants to community health centers that the department has identified
to be in greatest need of such services; provided further, that
each grant shall be of an amount sufficient to fully fund the
start-up costs of a dental health program ................ $1,000,000

4590-0919

For the purchase, repair and maintenance of medical equipment
at hospitals owned and operated by the department of public health;
provided, that funds appropriated herein shall be made be available
to the Soldiers' Home located in the city of Chelsea and the
Soldiers' Home located in the town of Holyoke; provided further,
that amounts funded in this item shall be one-time, non-recurring
expenditures .................$7,000,000

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION AND CONSTRUCTION.

6005-0021

For a one-time payment to the Martha's Vineyard Regional Transit
Authority for the purchase of common carrier service rights of
Island Transport, Inc. and Gay Head Sightseeing Co., Inc. ................
$1,800,000

Board of Library Commissioners.

7000-9995

For grants to cities and towns for approved public library
projects as authorized by sections 19G to 19I, inclusive, of
chapter 78 of the General Laws; provided, that such grants shall
only be awarded for projects which have commenced after April
10, 1996 .................$12,000,000

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

8000-0019

For a program of bulletproof vest reimbursement grants to
be administered by the secretary of public safety; provided,
that said program shall provide not less than 50 per cent reimbursement
for the cost of bulletproof vests purchased on or after July
1, 2000, for police officers, full-time sworn personnel of the
department of state police, and certain personnel of other agencies
within the executive office of public safety as determined by
said secretary; provided further, that all applicants for grants
under this item shall submit documentation as required by said
secretary as a condition of reimbursement; provided further,
that funds awarded under said program may be used as state or
local matching funds for the purpose of application for additional
reimbursement under the federal Bulletproof Vest Partnership
Grant Act of 1998; and provided further, that the award of funds
under this item shall be contingent upon the recipient having
applied for reimbursement under said federal act ....................$5,000,000

Department of Fire Services.

8324-1009

For the purchase of equipment and materials for the hazardous
material emergency response program ..................$1,400,000

SECTION 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general
or special law to the contrary, an additional $87,700,000 in revenues
derived from the state lottery shall be distributed to the cities
and towns as additional lottery revenues in accordance with the
schedule listed below. After the final reconciliation of lottery
revenues has occurred for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000,
if actual state lottery funds revenue growth exceeds the additional
$87,700,000 distributed to cities and towns in accordance with
the schedule listed below, such excess funds shall be carried
forward into fiscal year 2001 and final adjustments of lottery
distribution to cities and towns shall be made by the state treasurer
by adjusting upward the second quarterly payment of fiscal year
2001, through the lottery formula, so-called, so as to distribute
the excess. If actual state lottery fund growth falls short of
the additional $87,700,000 distributed to cities and towns in
accordance with the schedule listed below, final adjustments of
lottery distribution to cities and towns shall be made by the
state treasurer by adjusting downward the second quarterly payment
of fiscal year 2001, through the lottery formula, so-called, so
as to apportion the shortfall.

ABINGTON

217,592

ACTON

145,715

ACUSHNET

163,424

ADAMS

192,190

AGAWAM

371,542

ALFORD

1,379

AMESBURY

221,995

AMHERST

880,477

ANDOVER

207,344

RLINGTON

458,756

ASHBURNHAM

86,018

ASHBY

47,439

ASHFIELD

20,280

ASHLAND

132,871

ATHOL

269,975

ATTLEBORO

665,211

AUBURN

185,952

AVON

37,487

AYER

73,144

BARNSTABLE

282,819

BARRE

91,480

BECKET

7,861

BEDFORD

101,490

BELCHERTOWN

173,275

BELLINGHAM

176,140

BELMONT

174,308

BERKLEY

69,511

BERLIN

18,266

BERNARDSTON

30,844

BEVERLY

436,034

BILLERICA

483,020

BLACKSTONE

144,778

BLANDFORD

12,391

BOLTON

18,709

BOSTON

6,659,579

BOURNE

152,533

BOXBOROUGH

26,526

BOXFORD

62,961

BOYLSTON

38,754

BRAINTREE

339,326

BREWSTER

54,748

BRIDGEWATER

399,862

BRIMFIELD

40,884

BROCKTON

2,256,009

BROOKFIELD

54,531

BROOKLINE

398,040

BUCKLAND

28,683

BURLINGTON

180,522

CAMBRIDGE

785,412

CANTON

167,940

CARLISLE

25,084

CARVER

182,011

CHARLEMONT

17,679

CHARLTON

140,175

CHATHAM

20,286

CHELMSFORD

373,688

CHELSEA

695,774

CHESHIRE

59,009

CHESTER

17,910

CHESTERFIELD

14,305

* * *

CHICOPEE

1,129,255

CHILMARK

497

CLARKSBURG

34,544

* * *

CLINTON

262,306

COHASSET

41,796

COLRAIN

29,029

CONCORD

99,485

CONWAY

17,803

CUMMINGTON

7,563

DALTON

106,401

DANVERS

211,507

DARTMOUTH

282,434

DEDHAM

228,034

DEERFIELD

52,784

DENNIS

70,092

DIGHTON

77,874

DOUGLAS

79,330

DOVER

21,974

DRACUT

460,098

DUDLEY

182,447

DUNSTABLE

23,854

DUXBURY

109,309

EAST BRIDGEWATER

173,836

EAST BROOKFIELD

26,605

EAST LONGMEADOW

146,439

EASTHAM

20,541

EASTHAMPTON

286,243

EASTON

246,737

EDGARTOWN

6,571

EGREMONT

5,686

ERVING

10,306

ESSEX

25,688

EVERETT

430,302

FAIRHAVEN

210,251

FALL RIVER

2,161,134

FALMOUTH

184,196

FITCHBURG

1,031,455

FLORIDA

7,451

FOXBOROUGH

165,138

FRAMINGHAM

753,442

FRANKLIN

267,391

FREETOWN

118,233

GARDNER

504,256

AQUINNAH

214

GEORGETOWN

71,303

GILL

25,674

GLOUCESTER

300,522

GOSHEN

8,583

GOSNOLD

77

GRAFTON

179,114

GRANBY

89,570

GRANVILLE

15,091

GREAT BARRINGTON

81,854

GREENFIELD

346,727

GROTON

84,821

GROVELAND

63,187

HADLEY

35,754

HALIFAX

99,466

HAMILTON

63,267

HAMPDEN

61,977

HANCOCK

3,125

HANOVER

117,775

HANSON

133,238

HARDWICK

41,726

HARVARD

183,020

HARWICH

55,440

HATFIELD

28,517

HAVERHILL

959,928

HAWLEY

3,645

HEATH

9,227

HINGHAM

143,668

HINSDALE

23,934

HOLBROOK

179,596

HOLDEN

191,589

HOLLAND

21,759

HOLLISTON

135,870

HOLYOKE

1,047,741

HOPEDALE

82,720

HOPKINTON

73,884

HUBBARDSTON

49,060

HUDSON

226,616

HULL

124,772

HUNTINGTON

35,152

IPSWICH

104,941

KINGSTON

109,304

LAKEVILLE

89,544

LANCASTER

94,030

LANESBOROUGH

30,267

LAWRENCE

3,025,963

LEE

57,723

LEICESTER

196,848

LENOX

39,738

LEOMINSTER

683,762

LEVERETT

22,850

LEXINGTON

165,198

LEYDEN

9,667

LINCOLN

47,510

LITTLETON

65,376

LONGMEADOW

139,031

LOWELL

2,878,388

LUDLOW

286,342

LUNENBURG

121,884

LYNN

2,005,469

LYNNFIELD

83,995

MALDEN

997,634

MANCHESTER

22,052

MANSFIELD

184,073

MARBLEHEAD

127,895

MARION

28,771

MARLBOROUGH

349,144

MARSHFIELD

227,135

MASHPEE

42,706

MATTAPOISETT

48,272

MAYNARD

128,462

MEDFIELD

88,113

MEDFORD

796,714

MEDWAY

123,999

MELROSE

338,695

MENDON

44,365

MERRIMAC

76,958

METHUEN

658,219

MIDDLEBOROUGH

283,432

MIDDLEFIELD

4,677

MIDDLETON

38,200

MILFORD

335,618

MILLBURY

203,008

MILLIS

96,360

MILLVILLE

38,154

MILTON

268,399

MONROE

495

MONSON

125,343

MONTAGUE

133,624

MONTEREY

2,940

MONTGOMERY

9,093

MOUNT WASHINGTON

382

NAHANT

34,294

NANTUCKET

8,642

NATICK

238,440

NEEDHAM

174,694

NEW ASHFORD

1,248

NEW BEDFORD

2,542,973

NEW BRAINTREE

13,525

NEW MARLBOROUGH

6,768

NEW SALEM

9,755

NEWBURY

49,685

NEWBURYPORT

157,147

NEWTON

497,280

NORFOLK

123,309

NORTH ADAMS

453,192

NORTH ANDOVER

202,975

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH

319,325

NORTH BROOKFIELD

94,573

NORTH READING

111,827

NORTHAMPTON

400,318

NORTHBOROUGH

115,782

NORTHBRIDGE

241,907

NORTHFIELD

37,772

NORTON

221,133

NORWELL

67,986

NORWOOD

293,108

OAK BLUFFS

9,407

OAKHAM

22,625

ORANGE

176,777

ORLEANS

22,349

OTIS

3,159

OXFORD

233,544

PALMER

190,069

PAXTON

52,636

PEABODY

507,133

PELHAM

18,370

PEMBROKE

185,998

PEPPERELL

148,320

PERU

10,703

PETERSHAM

13,390

PHILLIPSTON

25,121

PITTSFIELD

802,865

PLAINFIELD

5,494

PLAINVILLE

93,772

PLYMOUTH

511,177

PLYMPTON

30,279

PRINCETON* * *

34,852

PROVINCETOWN

14,437

QUINCY

1,201,994

RANDOLPH

483,184

RAYNHAM

111,557

READING

218,394

REHOBOTH

99,900

REVERE

764,512

RICHMOND

11,208

ROCHESTER

48,324

ROCKLAND

266,855

ROCKPORT

54,345

ROWE

711

ROWLEY

54,067

ROYALSTON

19,024

RUSSELL

25,262

RUTLAND* *

77,090

SALEM

508,925

SALISBURY

68,453

SANDISFIELD

2,705

SANDWICH

148,321

SAUGUS

264,767

SAVOY

9,662

SCITUATE

141,164

SEEKONK

128,511

SHARON

153,956

SHEFFIELD

24,156

SHELBURNE

26,493

SHERBORN

20,053

SHIRLEY

163,761

SHREWSBURY

275,198

SHUTESBURY

19,713

SOMERSET

167,154

SOMERVILLE

1,335,716

SOUTH HADLEY

281,668

SOUTHAMPTON

62,041

SOUTHBOROUGH

42,493

SOUTHBRIDGE

421,942

SOUTHWICK

102,701

SPENCER

227,846

SPRINGFIELD

4,379,085

STERLING

79,830

STOCKBRIDGE

11,206

STONEHAM

247,239

STOUGHTON

363,884

STOW

50,001

STURBRIDGE

96,520

SUDBURY

89,271

SUNDERLAND

54,442

SUTTON

83,174

SWAMPSCOTT

117,128

SWANSEA

186,317

TAUNTON

865,876

TEMPLETON

137,656

TEWKSBURY

315,415

TISBURY

12,148

TOLLAND

707

TOPSFIELD

45,742

TOWNSEND

144,851

TRURO

3,539

TYNGSBOROUGH

117,214

TYRINGHAM

1,296

UPTON

50,671

UXBRIDGE

155,090

WAKEFIELD

250,805

WALES

23,207

WALPOLE

221,865

WALTHAM

596,649

WARE

185,106

WAREHAM

232,429

WARREN

76,822

WARWICK

11,614

WASHINGTON

7,239

WATERTOWN

341,047

WAYLAND

70,219

WEBSTER

281,293

WELLESLEY

128,752

WELLFLEET

7,383

WENDELL

17,031

WENHAM

39,500

WEST BOYLSTON

81,284

WEST BRIDGEWATER

67,645

WEST BROOKFIELD

51,189

WEST NEWBURY

29,922

WEST SPRINGFIELD

386,949

WEST STOCKBRIDGE

10,395

WEST TISBURY

5,580

WESTBOROUGH

103,460

WESTFIELD

627,985

WESTFORD

156,249

WESTHAMPTON

16,442

WESTMINSTER

80,286

WESTON

36,916

WESTPORT

127,523

WESTWOOD

74,841

WEYMOUTH

812,166

WHATELY

13,357

WHITMAN

250,177

WILBRAHAM

134,261

WILLIAMSBURG

32,021

WILLIAMSTOWN

93,877

WILMINGTON

176,121

WINCHENDON

186,987

WINCHESTER

129,639

WINDSOR

7,647

WINTHROP

278,016

WOBURN

376,945

WORCESTER

3,829,027

WORTHINGTON

13,158

WRENTHAM

98,475

YARMOUTH

166,006

SECTION 4. Subsection (d) of section 16D of chapter
6A of the General Laws, inserted by section
1 of chapter 141 of the acts of 2000, is hereby amended by
striking out the fourth sentence and inserting in place thereof
the following sentence:-

The committee shall consist of one person who shall represent
Health Care for All; one person who shall represent the Massachusetts
Medical Society; one person who shall represent the Massachusetts
Association of Health Maintenance Organizations; one person who
shall represent Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, one person
who shall represent the Associated Industries of Massachusetts;
one person who shall represent the Massachusetts Nurses Association;
one person who shall represent the Massachusetts Hospital Association;
one person who shall represent the Ad Hoc Committee to Defend
Health Care; and seven members to be appointed by the board, one
of whom shall represent a mental health consumer advocacy organization;
one of whom shall represent a senior citizen organization; one
of whom shall represent an organization representing the disabled
and chronically ill; one of whom shall represent community health
centers; one of whom shall represent the Massachusetts Healthcare
purchaser group; one of whom shall represent the Life Insurance
Association of Massachusetts; and one of whom shall represent
a utilization review organization not otherwise represented.

SECTION 5.Chapter
10 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section
35S, as appearing in the 1998 Official Edition, and inserting
in place thereof the following section:-

Section 35S. There shall be established and set up on the books
of the commonwealth a separate fund, to be administered by the
commissioner of education, which shall be known as the Teacher,
Principal and Superintendent Quality Endowment Fund. The fund
shall consist of all revenues from public and private sources
as appropriations, gifts, grants and donations and from the federal
government as reimbursements, grants-in-aid or other receipts
to further the purposes of the fund in accordance with sections
19B, 19C and 19E of chapter 15A. All revenues credited to the
fund under this section shall remain in the fund and shall be
expended without further appropriation for applications pursuant
to said sections 19B, 19C and 19E of said chapter 15A. The state
treasurer shall deposit and invest monies in said fund in accordance
with sections 34, 34A and 38 of chapter 29 in such a manner as
to secure the highest rate of return available consistent with
the safety of the fund. The fund shall be expended only for the
purposes stated in said sections 19B, 19C and 19E of said chapter
15A at the direction of the commissioner. The state treasurer
shall structure expenditures from the fund to ensure that not
less than $70,000,000 or the total dollar value of funds appropriated
or transferred into the fund by the general court, whichever is
greater, remains in the fund at all times. On February 1 of each
year, the state treasurer shall notify the commissioner of the
projected investment earnings available for expenditure from the
fund for the upcoming fiscal year. Not more than 42 per cent of
the projected investment earnings of the fund shall be expended
for the purposes stated in said section 19C of said chapter 15A
in each fiscal year, and not more than 15 per cent shall be expended
for the purposes stated in said section 19E of said chapter 15A.

SECTION 6. Chapter 10 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by inserting after section
35T the following section:-

Section 35U. There shall be established and set up on the books
of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the MBTA Infrastructure
Renovation Fund for the purpose of supplementing amounts available
to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority for infrastructure
improvements. There shall be credited to said fund amounts appropriated
to or otherwise transferred to said fund and any interest earned
thereon which shall be made available by the state treasurer to
said authority without further appropriation. The monies shall
be expended exclusively by said authority for the costs of design,
acquisition, renovation, construction, reconstruction, and other
improvements necessary for public safety and convenience. The
monies shall be expended exclusively on improvements to facilities
and transit lines not included in the five-year capital spending
plan of the authority in effect on July 1, 2000 including, but
not limited to, platform reconstruction, efforts to ensure compliance
with the American with Disabilities Act, elevators, escalators,
waterproofing, fare gates, signage, lighting and other major structural
improvements, but shall not be expended for operating and maintenance
costs nor for the acquisition of rolling stock. Any unexpended
balance in said fund on said June 30, 2005 shall be transferred
to thegeneral fund.

Section 19E. There shall be a principal and superintendent
recruitment program for recruiting and training as principals
and superintendents in public schools individuals from other professions
who have the skills, experience and talent to be outstanding school
principals and superintendents, but who do not meet the existing
statutory and regulatory requirements to serve as principals and
superintendents. The program shall include the use of financial
incentives and other methods for recruiting candidates and innovative
methods for providing the necessary training.

The board of education shall promulgate regulations, where
necessary, for the effective implementation of the program. The
board shall establish standards that individuals who participate
in the program shall meet to be authorized to serve as principals
or superintendents. If the board determines that existing statutory
or regulatory requirements for such service interfere with attracting
highly qualified individuals from other professions who meet the
standards established by the board, it may exempt such individuals
from such requirements.

SECTION 8. Section 2C of chapter
29 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1998 Official
Edition, is hereby amended by striking out in lines 35 to 38,
inclusive, the words "; and for the payment of amounts appropriated
for the commonwealth's cost of net county court costs in accordance
with the provisions of chapter
twenty-nine A".

SECTION 9. Section 34 of said chapter 29, as so appearing,
is hereby amended by striking out, in line 8, the words "descriptive
rating of (c) or (d)" and inserting in place thereof the
following words:- descriptive rating of (d) or (e).

SECTION 10. Section 34A of said chapter 29, as so appearing,
is hereby amended by striking out, in line 12, the words "descriptive
rating of (c) or (d)" and inserting in place thereof the
following words:- descriptive rating of (d) or (e).

SECTION 11. Section 6 of chapter
29C of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended
by striking out, in line 32, the figure "$20,000,000"
and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $45,000,000.

SECTION 12. Section 18 of said chapter 29C, as so appearing,
is hereby amended by striking out, in line 129, the figure "$9,000,000"
and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $17,000,000.

SECTION 13. Subparagraph (a) of paragraph (2) of subsection
(c) of section 2 of chapter
62 of the General Laws, as appearing in section 64 of chapter 127 of the
acts of 1999, is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence
and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- For purposes
of this subsection, any Part A net capital loss shall first be
applied to any Class B net capital gain, then to any Class C net
capital gain, then to any Class D net capital gain, then to any
Class E net capital gain, then to any Class F net capital gain
and then to any Class G net capital gain.

SECTION 14. Subparagraph (b) of said paragraph (2) of
said subsection (c) of said section 2 of said chapter 62, as so
appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence
and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- For purposes
of this subsection, any Part A net capital gain shall first be
offset by any Class B net capital loss, then by any Class C net
capital loss, then by any Class D net capital loss, then by any
Class E net capital loss, then by any Class F net capital loss
and then by any Class G net capital loss.

SECTION 15. Paragraph (I) of subsection (e) of said
section 2 of said chapter 62, inserted by section 67 of said chapter
127, is hereby amended by striking out subparagraph (1) and inserting
in place thereof the following subparagraph:-

(1) Each class of net capital loss for the year shall be applied
against the other class's net capital gains included in Part C
gross income in the following order: Class B net capital gain
shall first be offset by any Class C net capital loss, then by
any Class D net capital loss, then by any Class E net capital
loss, then by any Class F net capital loss and then by any Class
G net capital loss. Class C net capital gain shall first be offset
by the remainder of any Class B net capital loss, then by the
remainder of any Class D net capital loss, then by the remainder
of any Class E net capital loss, then by the remainder of any
Class F net capital loss and then by the remainder of any Class
G net capital loss. Class D net capital gain shall first be offset
by the remainder of any Class B net capital loss, then by the
remainder of any Class C net capital loss, then by the remainder
of any Class E net capital loss, then by the remainder of any
Class F net capital loss and then by the remainder of any Class
G net capital loss. Class E net capital gain shall first be offset
by the remainder of any Class B net capital loss, then by the
remainder of any Class C net capital loss, then by the remainder
of any Class D net capital loss, then by the remainder of any
Class F net capital loss and then by the remainder of any Class
G net capital loss. Class F net capital gain shall first be offset
by the remainder of any Class B net capital loss, then by the
remainder of any Class C net capital loss, then by the remainder
of any Class D net capital loss, then by the remainder of any
Class E net capital loss and then by the remainder of any Class
G net capital loss. Class G net capital gain shall first be offset
by the remainder of any Class B net capital loss, then by the
remainder of any Class C net capital loss, then by the remainder
of any Class D net capital loss, then by the remainder of any
Class E net capital loss and then by the remainder of any Class
F net capital loss. The amount of any class of net capital loss
that remains after the foregoing offsets, reduced by the amount
of such loss that is deducted under subparagraph (b) of paragraph
(2) of subsection (c), shall be Part C capital loss within the
same class in the succeeding taxable year.

SECTION 16. Subparagraph (2) of said paragraph (I) of
said subsection (e) of said section 2 of said chapter 62, as so
inserted, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence
and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:-

Class B, C, D, E, F and G net gains shall be reduced by any
remaining excess of the deductions allowable under subsection
(d) over the Part B gross income, after applying the excess of
each class's net capital loss against other class's net capital
gains in accordance with subparagraph (1) of paragraph (I) and
after applying such excess Part B deductions against Part A gross
income in accordance with paragraph (1) of subsection (c).

SECTION 17.Chapter
120 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1998 Official
Edition, is hereby amended by striking out section 23 and inserting
in place thereof the following section:-

Section 23. The department may act as guardian for a child
under 18 years of age in its charge who has neither parent living,
or of whom neither parent can be located, and for whom no guardian
has been appointed. In such instances, the department may act
with all the power and authority conferred by chapter 201, except
that once a guardian is appointed, the powers herein conferred
shall cease. The department may, without need for parent or guardian
approval, serve as the fully authorized representative of a child
in its charge not living with his parents or guardian for the
purpose of completing and submitting an application on the child's
behalf to the division of medical assistance for benefits or assistance
under chapter 118E
or to the department of transitional assistance for benefits or
assistance which said department is authorized to provide under
chapter 18.

SECTION 18. Paragraph (9) of section
129B of chapter 140 of the General Laws as appearing in the
1998 Official Edition is hereby amended by striking out the second
sentence.

SECTION 19. Said section 129B of said chapter 140, as
so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line
174, the words "to an applicant born".

Section 44E. The commissioner of capital asset management and
maintenance may procure construction contracts for the renovation
or repair of the state house and the historic Suffolk County courthouse
in accordance with the provisions of this section.

The procurement of a contract for the renovation or repair
of the state house or the historic Suffolk County courthouse shall
be deemed a building project for purposes of section 39A of chapter
7.

When the commissioner procures a contract for the renovation
or repair of the state house or the historic Suffolk County courthouse
as authorized by this section, the commissioner shall solicit
competitive sealed proposals through issuance of a request for
proposals. The request shall include:

(1) the time and date by which proposals shall be received,
the address of the office to which the proposals shall be delivered
and the maximum time for proposal acceptance by the division;

(2) the purchase description and all criteria that shall be
utilized in evaluating proposals;

(3) all contractual terms and conditions applicable to the
procurement but the contract may incorporate by reference a plan
submitted by the selected offeror for renovating or repairing
the state house or the historic Suffolk County courthouse;

(4) a notice stating that every proposal shall be accompanied
by a copy of an appropriate certificate of eligibility issued
by the commissioner pursuant to section 44D, together with an
update statement; and

(5) a notice stating that every proposal shall be accompanied
by a certification that the offeror is able to furnish labor that
can work in concert with all other elements of labor employed
or to be employed at the state house or the historic Suffolk County
courthouse.

The request for proposals may incorporate documents by reference
so long as the request for proposals specifies where prospective
offerors may obtain such documents. The request for proposals
shall provide for the separate submission of a price proposal
and shall indicate when and how an offeror shall submit the price
proposal. The division shall make copies of the request for proposals
available to all persons on an equal basis.

Public notice of the request for proposals for the renovation
or repair of the state house or the historic Suffolk County courthouse
shall be published in accordance with the provisions of section
44J.

The division shall not open the proposals publicly, but shall
open them in the presence of at least one witness at the time
specified in the request for proposals. Notwithstanding section
7 of chapter 4, until the completion of the evaluation or
until the time for acceptance specified in the request for proposals,
whichever occurs earlier, the contents of the proposals shall
remain confidential and shall not be disclosed to competing offerors.
At the opening of proposals the division shall prepare a register
of proposals. The register of proposals shall be open for public
inspection. The division shall open the price proposals at a later
time and shall open the price proposals in a manner that ensures
that the content of the price proposals is not disclosed to the
individuals evaluating the proposals on the basis of criteria
other than price.

The division shall designate the individuals responsible for
the evaluation of the proposals on the basis of criteria other
than price. The designated individuals shall prepare their evaluations
based solely on the criteria set forth in the request for proposals.
Such criteria shall include all standards by which acceptability
shall be determined as to quality, workmanship, results of inspections
and tests, and suitability for a particular purpose, and shall
also include all other measures that shall be utilized. The evaluations
shall specify in writing:

(1) for each evaluation criterion, a rating of each proposal
as highly advantageous, advantageous, not advantageous or unacceptable,
and the reasons for such rating;

(2) a composite rating for each proposal and the reasons for
such rating; and

(3) recommendations for revisions, if any, to each proposed
plan for the renovation or repair of the state house or the historic
Suffolk County courthouse which shall be obtained by negotiation
prior to awarding the contract to the offeror of the proposal.

The division shall unconditionally accept a proposal except
as provided by this paragraph. An offeror may correct, modify
or withdraw a proposal by written notice received in the office
designated in the request for proposals prior to the time and
date set for the opening of proposals. After such opening, an
offeror may not change the price or any other provisions of the
proposal in a manner prejudicial to the interests of the division
or fair competition. The division shall waive minor informalities
or allow the offeror to correct them. If a mistake and the intended
offer are clearly evident on the face of the document, the division
shall correct the mistake to reflect the intended correct offer
and so notify the offeror in writing, and the offeror may not
withdraw the offer. The division may permit an offeror to withdraw
an offer if a mistake is clearly evident on the face of the document
but the intended correct offer is not similarly evident.

Taking into consideration price and the evaluation criteria
set forth in the request for proposals, the commissioner shall
determine the most advantageous proposal from a responsible, responsive
and eligible offeror. If a responsible, responsive and eligible
offeror submits the lowest price and has received a composite
rating of highly advantageous on the basis of criteria other than
price, then the commissioner shall determine that offeror's proposal
to be the most advantageous proposal. If the offeror who submits
the lowest price has not received a composite rating of highly
advantageous on the basis of criteria other than price, then the
commissioner may, but shall not be required to, determine that
the lowest price proposal from among those proposals that have
received a composite rating of highly advantageous on the basis
of criteria other than price, is the most advantageous proposal.
The commissioner may condition an award on successful negotiation
of any revisions recommended in the evaluation and shall explain
in writing the reasons for omitting any such revisions from the
contract. The division shall award the contract by written notice
to the selected offeror within the time for acceptance specified
in the request for proposals. The parties may extend the time
for acceptance by mutual agreement.

If the commissioner awards the contract to an offeror who did
not submit the lowest price, the commissioner shall explain the
reasons for the award in writing, specifying in reasonable detail
the basis for determining that the anticipated performance of
the selected offeror justifies the additional cost, and the division
shall maintain such explanation in its files for at least six
years from the date of final payment under the contract.

Prior to execution of a contract pursuant to this section,
the selected offeror shall furnish to the division a payment bond
and a performance bond of a surety company qualified to issue
bonds in the commonwealth and satisfactory to the division each
in the sum of the contract price.

SECTION 20A. Clause 3 of subsection (d) of section
14 of chapter 151A of the General Laws, as appearing in the
1998 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following
sentence:- Benefits shall not be charged to the employer's account
and shall be charged to the solvency account if an individual
receives unemployment benefits under section 24B.

SECTION 20B. Said chapter
151A is hereby further amended by inserting after section
24A the following:-

Section 24B. (a) An individual who is on a leave of absence
from his employer or who left employment to be with the individual's
child during the first year of life or during the first year following
placement of the child with the individual for adoption shall
be eligible to receive unemployment benefits under this section,
shall not be denied unemployment benefits under paragraphs (c)
and (e) of section 25 for refusing suitable work or for voluntarily
leaving employment and shall be deemed to have met the requirements
of clause (b) of the first paragraph of section 24. In order to
collect unemployment benefits beyond the amount set forth in subsection
(b) of this section, the individual shall not be subject to disqualification
under paragraphs (c) and (e) of section 25 and shall meet the
requirements of said clause (b) of said first paragraph of said
section 24.

(b) Benefits payable to an individual under this section shall
be paid for each week of leave or unemployment in an amount not
to exceed 12 times the weekly benefit rate plus dependency benefits
payable under section 29. Benefits payable to an individual under
this section shall be deducted from the total benefits payable
to such individual in the same benefit year under subsection (a)
of section 30. The receipt of benefits under this section shall
toll the application period for approved benefits during training
under subsection (c) of said section 30.

(c) The following payments shall cause a reduction, in the
same amount as the payments, to the total amount of unemployment
benefits for which the individual is otherwise eligible under
this section:

(1) any payment from the employer resulting from a birth or
adoption described in subsection (a) of this section; and

(2) any payment resulting from a birth or adoption described
in subsection (a) of this section from a disability insurance
plan contributed to by the individual's employer, in proportion
to the employer's contribution to such plan.

(d) Nothing stated herein shall interfere with any greater
rights or benefits under the terms of a collective bargaining
agreement or other employment agreement between the employee and
the employing unit, nor shall the payment of unemployment benefits
under this section require an employer not covered under 29 U.S.C.
{ 2601 or under 105D of chapter 149 to provide a job-protected
leave.

SECTION 20C. Subsection (g) of section 62A of said chapter
151A, as appearing in the 1998 Official Edition, is amended by
striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof
the following sentence:- Each employer shall post at each site
operated by the employer, in a conspicuous place accessible to
all employees, the following information: the name and mailing
address of the employer, the identification number assigned to
the employer by the division, instructions on how to file a claim
for unemployment compensation, the address and telephone number
of the regional office of the division located nearest to the
work site, the telephone number of the teleclaim information line
and a description of the availability of unemployment benefits
under section 24B.

SECTION 20D. Said subsection (g) of said section 62A
of said chapter 151A, as so appearing, is hereby further amended
by adding the following sentence:- Each employer shall provide
to each employee at the beginning of employment and whenever an
employee requests a leave for birth or for adoption a form provided
by the deputy director describing the availability of unemployment
benefits under section 24B.

Section 17K. Deductions on payroll schedules may be made from
the salary of a state employee for the payment of the cost of
near-site parking fees for state employees whose work location
lacks adequate public transportation, for on-site state employer-provided
day care fees and for other state employer-provided benefits.
Any categories of payroll deductions established under this section
for such other state employer-provided benefits shall be approved
by the comptroller as appropriate payroll deductions. The state
treasurer, the common paymaster as defined in section
133 of chapter 175, shall deduct from the salary of state
employees the full amount for such near-site parking fees, on-site
day care fees and fees for any such other state employer-provided
benefits as are established pursuant to this section.

SECTION 22. Section 3 of chapter
209A of the General Laws, as appearing in section 155 of chapter 127 of the
acts of 1999, is hereby amended by striking out clause (g) and
inserting in place thereof, the following clause:-

(g) ordering information in the case record to be impounded
in accordance with court rule;.

SECTION 23. Clause (i) of said section 3 of said chapter
209A, as appearing in the 1998 Official Edition, is hereby amended
by striking out the fourth paragraph and inserting in place thereof,
the following paragraph:-

The court may modify its order at any subsequent time upon
motion by either party. When the plaintiff's address is inaccessible
to the defendant as provided in section 8 of this chapter and
the defendant has filed a motion to modify the court's order,
the court shall be responsible for notifying the plaintiff. In
no event shall the court disclose any such inaccessible address.

SECTION 24. Section 8 of chapter
209A of the General Laws, as most recently amended by section
156 of chapter 127
of the acts of 1999, is hereby amended by striking out the first
and third paragraphs and adding the following paragraph:-

The plaintiff's residential address, residential telephone
number and workplace name, address and telephone number, contained
within the court records of cases arising out of an action brought
by a plaintiff under the provisions of this chapter, shall be
confidential and withheld from public inspection, except by order
of the court, except that the plaintiff's residential address
and workplace address shall appear on the court order and accessible
to the defendant and the defendant's attorney unless the plaintiff
specifically requests that this information be withheld from the
order. All confidential portions of the records shall be accessible
at all reasonable times to the plaintiff and plaintiff's attorney,
to others specifically authorized by the plaintiff to obtain such
information, and to prosecutors, victim-witness advocates as defined
in section 1 of chapter 258B,
domestic violence victim's counselors as defined in section
20K of chapter 233, sexual assault counselors as defined in
section 20J of chapter 233,
and law enforcement officers, if such access is necessary in the
performance of their duties. The provisions of this paragraph
shall apply to any protection order issued by another jurisdiction,
as defined in section 1, that is filed with a court of the commonwealth
pursuant to section 5A. Such confidential portions of the court
records shall not be deemed to be public records under the provisions
of clause twenty-sixth of section
7 of chapter 4.

SECTION 25. Section 10 of chapter
218 of the General Laws, as appearing in section 268 of chapter 159 of the acts
of 2000, is hereby amended by striking out, after the words
"second district court of Bristol;" the following words:-
district court of Lowell.

SECTION 25A. Said section 10 of said chapter 218, as
so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the
words "fourth district court of Plymouth," the following
words:- district court of Lowell.

SECTION 26. Item 7220-0961 in section 2 of chapter 267
of the acts of 1995, as amended by Section 21 of Chapter 55 of
the Acts of 1999, is hereby amended by striking out the figure
"$9,000,000" and inserting in place thereof the figure
"$13,000,000".

SECTION 27. Section 2 of chapter 189 of the a cts of
1998 is hereby amended by striking out item number "0330-2207"
and inserting in place thereof the following item number:- 0330-2204.

SECTION 28. The second sentence of section 1 of chapter
289 of the acts of 1998 is hereby amended by striking out the
figure "2000" and inserting in place thereof the following
figure:- 2003.

SECTION 29. Item 7007-0210 of section 2A of chapter
297 of the acts of 1998 is hereby amended by striking out the
figure "$30,000,000" and inserting in place thereof
the following figure:- $30,409,610.

SECTION 30. Section 2A of chapter
55 of the acts of 1999 is hereby amended by striking out the
item number "0511-0250" and inserting in place thereof
the following item number:- 0511-0251.

SECTION 31. Said section 2A of said chapter 55 is hereby
further amended by striking out the item number "1100-1400"
and inserting in place thereof the following item number:- 1100-1401.

SECTION 32. Said section 2A of said chapter 55 is hereby
further amended by striking out the item number "1102-3204"
and inserting in place thereof the following item number:- 1102-3203.

SECTION 33. Item 7000-3993 of said section 2A of said
chapter 55 is hereby amended by adding the following words:- ;
and provided further, that not more than $32,500 of the sum appropriated
herein may be expended by the board for administrative costs attributable
to planning and design and construction application grant rounds
for the Massachusetts public library construction program, including
the costs of temporary personnel.

SECTION 34. Said section 2A of said chapter 55 is hereby
further amended by striking out the item number "7066-0011"
and inserting in place thereof the following item number:- 7066-0013.

SECTION 35. Section 2E of said chapter 55 is hereby
amended by striking out the item number "8100-0001"
and inserting in place thereof the following item number:- 8100-0021.

SECTION 36. Section 2A of chapter
68 of the acts of 1999 is hereby amended by striking out the
item number "8910-0106" and inserting in place thereof
the following item number:- 8910-0160.

SECTION 37. Section 2C.II of said chapter 68 is hereby
amended by striking out the item number "8910-0106"
and inserting in place thereof the following item number:- 8910-0160.

SECTION 38. Section 2 of chapter
127 of the acts of 1999 is hereby amended by striking out
the item number "0526-0101" and inserting in place thereof
the following item number:- 0526-0102.

SECTION 39. Item 0526-0102 of said section 2 of said
chapter 127, as amended by section 138, is hereby amended by adding
the following words:- and, notwithstanding any general or special
law to the contrary, all in-kind contributions made to the Stetson
Hall project, on or after January 1, 1998, shall be included as
part of the matching funds provided by the town of Randolph for
said project.

SECTION 40. Said section 2 of said chapter 127 is hereby
further amended by striking out the item number "1410-8998"
and inserting in place thereof the following item number:- 1410-8999.

SECTION 41. Item 4000-0310 of said section 2 of said
chapter 127 is hereby amended by adding the following words:-
; provided further, that the federal financial participation received
from claims filed by the division, pursuant to an agreement specifically
referencing this line item language, for the costs of outreach
and eligibility activities performed by certain hospitals or by
community health centers which are funded in part or in whole
by federally permissible in-kind services or provider donations
from said hospitals or health centers, shall be credited to this
item and may be expended without further appropriation, in an
amount specified in said agreement between the division and each
donating provider hospital or health center; and provided further,
that the federal financial participation received from claims
filed by the division based on in-kind administrative services
related to outreach and eligibility activities performed by certain
community organizations, under the auspices of the so-called "covering
kids initiative" and in accordance with the federal revenue
criteria set forth in 45 CFR 74.23 or any other federal regulation
which provides a basis for federal financial participation, shall
be credited to this item and may be expended, without further
appropriation, on administrative services including those covered
under an agreement between the division and the organizations
participating in said initiative.

SECTION 42. Said section 2 of said chapter 127 is hereby
further amended by striking out item 4000-0320 and inserting in
place thereof the following item:-

4000-0320

The division of medical assistance may expend an amount not
to exceed $75,000,000 from the monies received from recoveries
of any prior year expenditures and collections from liens, estate
recoveries, third party recoveries, drug rebates, accident and
trauma recoveries, case mix recoveries, computer audits, insurance
recoveries, provider overpayment recoveries, bankruptcy settlements,
masspro and healthpro refunds, medicaid fraud returns, data match
returns, Medicare appeals and program and utilization review
audits; provided, that any revenues collected by the division
that are not attributable to the aforementioned categories shall
be deposited in the general fund and shall be tracked separately
therein; provided further, that additional categories of recoveries
and collections may be credited to this item after providing
written notice to the house and senate committees on ways and
means; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be
used for the purposes of items 4000-0300, 4000-0308, 4000-0309,
4000-0310 or 4000-0325; provided further, that expenditures from
this item shall be limited solely to payments for the provision
of medical care and assistance rendered in the current fiscal
year; and provided further, that the division shall file quarterly
with the house and senate committees on ways and means, a report
delineating the amount of current year rebates from pharmaceutical
companies or other current year collections which are being used
to supplement current year expenditures ..............$75,000,000

SECTION 43. Item 4400-1000 of said section 2 of said
chapter 127 is hereby amended by striking out the words

"General Fund .........................................
66.0%

Transitional Aid to Needy Families Fund ................ 34.0%"

and inserting in place thereof the following words:-

General Fund ...................... 83.0%

Transitional Aid to Needy Families Fund ....................
17.0%.

SECTION 44. Item 4400-1100 of said section 2 of said
chapter 127 is hereby amended by striking out the words

"General Fund .................. 66.0%

Transitional Aid to Needy Families Fund ............ 34.0%"

and inserting in place thereof the following words:-

General Fund ............... 83.0%

Transitional Aid to Needy Families Fund ......................
17.0%.

SECTION 45. Item 4400-9999 of said section 2 of said
chapter 127 is hereby amended by striking out the words

"General Fund .............. 66.0%

Transitional Aid to Needy Families Fund ........... 34.0%"

and inserting in place thereof the following words:-

General Fund ................ 83.0%

Transitional Aid to Needy Families Fund .....................
17.0%.

SECTION 46. Item 4403-2110 of said section 2 of said
chapter 127 is hereby amended by striking out the words

"Transitional Aid to Needy Families Fund ..................
80.0%

General Fund .................. 20.0%"

and inserting in place thereof the following words:-

Transitional Aid to Needy Families Fund ...................
65.0%

General Fund .................... 35.0%.

SECTION 47. Item 4403-2120 of said section 2 of said
chapter 127 is hereby amended by striking out the words

"Transitional Aid to Needy Families Fund .....................
57.0%

General Fund ............... 43.0%"

and inserting in place thereof the following words:-

Transitional Aid to Needy Families Fund ...................
55.0%

General Fund ................ 45.0%.

SECTION 48. Item 5046-0000 of said section 2 of said
chapter 127 is hereby amended by inserting after the words "December
1, 1999" the following words:- ; provided further, that an
additional $225,000 shall be expended for Dimock community health
center's transitions of Boston clubhouse program, so-called.

SECTION 49. Said section 2 of said chapter 127 is hereby
further amended by striking out the item number "6037-0010"
and inserting in place thereof the following item number:- 6037-0011.

SECTION 50. Item 7004-0089 of said section 2 of said
chapter 127 is hereby amended by inserting after the words "in
the town of Framingham" the following words:- for expenses
incurred in fiscal year 1999 and fiscal year 2000.

SECTION 51. Item 7007-0400 of said section 2 of said
chapter 127 is hereby amended by striking out the words "provided
further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the
Massachusetts venture corporation in the Pioneer Valley region"
and inserting in place thereof the following words:- provided
further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for the
Massachusetts venture corporation in the Pioneer Valley region.

SECTION 52. Item 7007-1300 of said section 2 of said
chapter 127 is hereby amended by striking out the following words:-
; provided further, that said grant shall be subject to 100 per
cent match funds, of which not less than 50 per cent shall be
in the form of cash.

SECTION 53. Section 2B of said chapter 127 is hereby
amended by striking out the item number "7053-2101"
and inserting in place thereof the following item number:- 7053-2121.

SECTION 54. Section 2D of said chapter 127 is hereby
amended by striking out the item number "7027-9124"
and inserting in place thereof the following item number:- 7027-9125.

SECTION 55. Said section 2D of said chapter 127 is hereby
further amended by striking out the item number "7027-9732"
and inserting in place thereof the following item number:- 7010-9732.

SECTION 56. The first sentence of section 250 of said
chapter 127 is hereby amended by striking out the figure "$32,000,000"
and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $104,000,000.

SECTION 56A. Said first sentence of said section 25
of said chapter 127 is hereby further amended by inserting after
the words "disproportionate share payments" the following
words:- and service rate payments.

SECTION 57. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended
by inserting after section 271 the following section:-

Section 271A. Notwithstanding any special or general law to
the contrary, the division of medical assistance may pay to the
publicly owned and operated nursing facility located in the city
of Cambridge, an amount up to $670,000 from the medical assistance
intergovernmental transfer account within the Uncompensated Care
Trust Fund for the intergovernmental transfer component of medicaid
payments to the facility. Such medicaid payment shall be established
in accordance with Title XIX of the Social Security Act, or any
successor federal statute, any regulations promulgated thereunder,
the medicaid state plan, and the terms and conditions of an agreement
reached with the division. Such payment shall be for unique and
extraordinary mandated costs of the facility. No funds shall be
expended unless a public entity is legally obligated to make an
intergovernmental funds transfer to the division for deposit into
said medical assistance intergovernmental transfer account in
an amount specified in an agreement with such entity which amount
shall not be less than 50 per cent of the amount of payments made
pursuant to the provisions of this section. All revenues generated
pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be credited to
said medical assistance intergovernmental transfer account. An
accounting of such payments shall be reported quarterly to the
house and senate committees on ways and means.

SECTION 58. Item 0332-3900 in section 2 of chapter
159 of the acts of 2000 is hereby amended by striking out
the words "one additional assistant clerk" and inserting
in place thereof the following words:- two additional assistant
clerks.

SECTION 59. Item 0332-7500 in said section 2 of said
chapter 159 is hereby amended by striking out the words "an
assistant chief probation officer" and inserting in place
thereof the following words:- an additional probation officer.

SECTION 60. Said item 0332-7500 in said section 2 of
said chapter 159 is hereby further amended by striking out the
figure "785,329" and inserting in place thereof the
following figure:- 776,629.

SECTION 61. Item 2350-0100 of said section 2 of said
chapter 159 is hereby amended by inserting after the words "Cape
Ann Dive Team;" the following words:- provided further, that
not more than $25,000 shall be made available for the Beverly
Dive Team;.

SECTION 62. Item 4000-0300 of said section 2 of said
chapter 159 is hereby amended by adding the following proviso:-

; and provided further, that the division may expend an amount
not to exceed $3,000,000 for the purpose of enhancing outreach
efforts to uninsured families and children as provided under the
federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996,
by entering into contracts with the Massachusetts Hospital Association
and the League of Community Health Centers, or their members,
for the purpose of providing such outreach, and may retain and
expend for purposes of this item all federal revenues received
as a result of expenditures under such contracts.

SECTION 63. Said section 2 of said chapter 159 is hereby
further amended by striking out item 4000-1000 and inserting in
place thereof the following item:-

4000-1000

For the purpose, notwithstanding the provisions of any general
or special law to the contrary, of making non-recurring payments
to acute care hospitals for inpatient and outpatient services;
provided, that of the amount appropriated herein, not less than
$15,000,000 shall be paid for said purpose, not more than $10,000,000
may be made available for non-recurring payments to financially
distressed hospitals; provided further, that the division shall
collaborate with the division of health care finance and policy
and the department of public health to determine the methodology
by which to make such payments; provided further, that said division
shall make such payments in a manner designed to achieve the
greatest possible gains in patient care and public health, while
maximizing federal financial participation; provided further,
that said methodology shall take into account such factors as
negative operating margins, insufficient cash flow and the likelihood
of closure or loss of critical community services in identifying
financially distressed hospitals; provided further, that said
payments shall commence for the hospital fiscal year beginning
October 1, 2000 and shall be completely payable within state
fiscal year 2001; provided further, that said division shall
file a report not later than September 1, 2000 with the house
and senate committees on ways and means detailing: (i) the methodology
used to determine such payments; (ii) the amount projected to
be paid to each such acute care hospital in state fiscal year
2001; and (iii) the projected impact of such payments on patient
care and the promotion of public health at each such facility;
provided further, that any and all federal financial participation
generated by said payments shall be credited by the comptroller
to the Medical Security Trust Fund, established pursuant to subsection
(k) of section 14G of
chapter 151A of the General Laws; provided further, that
an independent consultant, appointed and approved by the speaker
of the house of representatives, the president of the senate,
and the governor, shall conduct a study of medicaid reimbursement
rates paid to acute hospitals, non-acute hospitals and community
health centers licensed by the department of public health; provided
further, that said study shall include (i) a review of medicaid
reimbursement rates to said hospitals and health centers from
fiscal years 1992 to 2001, inclusive; (ii) a comparison of said
rates to said hospitals and health centers in relation to the
costs said hospitals incur in delivering services to medicaid
beneficiaries; (iii) an evaluation of the adequacy of changes
in such rates during said fiscal years compared with inflation
in the costs of delivering care incurred by said hospitals and
health centers, and other economic factors which may impact said
hospital's operating margins; and (iv) a review and analysis
of medicaid reimbursement rates to said hospitals and health
centers compared to medicaid payment rates to such facilities
made by other states; provided further, that said independent
consultant shall not have a financial interest in the hospitals
or health centers under review; provided further, that said independent
consultant shall consult with the division of medical assistance
and the division of health care finance and policy and various
health care providers and advocacy organizations in conducting
said study; provided further, that said independent consultant
shall file the initial findings of said study, which shall include
an estimate of the aggregate cost of any recommended funding
enhancements, with the secretary of administration and finance,
the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate, and
the senate and house committees on ways and means on or before
October 15, 2000; provided further, that said secretary shall
submit a plan detailing the process for implementing the findings
of said study with the senate and house committees on ways and
means on or before December 15, 2000; and provided further, that
said independent consultant shall be funded from this item .............
$25,000,000

SECTION 64. Item 7004-0200 of said section 2 of said
chapter 159 is hereby amended by inserting after the words "Duxbury
and Pembroke," the following words:- provided further, that
a $200,000 grant shall be provided to the town of Adams; provided
further, that a $200,000 grant shall be provided to the town of
Hanson;.

SECTION 65. Said section 2 of said chapter 159 is hereby
amended by striking out item 7004-9108 and inserting in place
thereof the following item:-

7004-9108

For urban revitalization and development projects authorized
pursuant to section 54
of chapter 121B of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding
the provisions of sections 53 or 57 of said chapter 121B to the
contrary, such funds may be provided to any agency of a city
or town designated by the chief executive officer to act on behalf
of the city or town; provided further, that notwithstanding the
provisions the sections 55 or 57 of said chapter 121B, not more
than $700,000 shall be expended for a matching grant to the city
of Fitchburg for the urban renewal program; provided further,
that notwithstanding the provisions the sections 55 or 57 of
said chapter 121B, not more than $500,000 shall be expended for
a grant to the Acre Urban Revitalization and Development Project,
so-called, in the city of Lowell for redevelopment and infrastructure
costs; and provided further, that no new commitments shall be
entered into during fiscal year 2001, except as otherwise provided
herein ................ $3,641,500

Local Aid Fund ........ 100.0%

SECTION 66. Item 7007-0950 of said section 2 of said
chapter 159 is hereby amended by inserting after the words "tribal
museum in Mashpee;" the following words:- provided further,
that not more than $65,000 shall be expended as a grant for memorial
park in the historic Native American district in the town of Mashpee;.

SECTION 67. Item 7061-0019 of said section 2 of said
chapter 159 is hereby amended by adding the following words:-
district in cycles of not less than three years.

SECTION 68. Item 7514-0100 of said section 2 of said
chapter 159 is hereby amended by inserting after the words "Springboard
Technology, Inc. within the Digital property, so-called"
the following words:- ; provided further, that $20,000 shall be
expended for repairs to the Springfield armory museum.

SECTION 69. Item 8324-1500 of said section 2 of said
chapter 159 is hereby amended by inserting after the words "Fall
River area" the following words:- ; provided further, that
not more than $750,000 shall be provided as a matching grant to
the city of Springfield for the purchase and construction of a
rescuer series burn building and tower, so-called at the Norris
J. Quinn Fire Training Center.

SECTION 70. Said item 8324-1500 of said section 2 of
said chapter 159 is hereby further amended by striking out the
figure "$3,455,115" and inserting in place thereof the
following figure:- $4,195,115.

SECTION 71. Section 2D of said chapter 159 is hereby
amended by inserting after item 7002-6627 the following two items:-

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Bureau
of Labor Statistics Administration ............ $1,832,631

SECTION 72. Said section 2D of said chapter 159 is hereby
amended by striking out item 7003-9006.

SECTION 73. Section 3 of said chapter 159 is hereby
amended, in the chapter
70 allocation due to the municipality of Essex, by striking
out the figure "771,504".

SECTION 74. Said section 3 of said chapter 159 is hereby
further amended, in the chapter 70 allocation due to the municipality
of Manchester, by striking out the figure "808,298".

SECTION 75. Said section 3 of said chapter 159 is hereby
further amended by striking out, after the words "Total Aid
to Regional Schools", the figure "498,078,046"
and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 499,657,848.

SECTION 76. Said section 3 of said chapter 159 is hereby
further amended by inserting after the words

"LINCOLN SUDBURY 1,979,352-"

the following sentence:-

MANCHESTER ESSEX 1,579,802-.

SECTION 77. Said section 3 of said chapter 159 is hereby
further amended by striking out, after the words "Regional
Total", the figure "498,078,046" and inserting
in place thereof the following figure:- 499,657,848.

SECTION 78. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general
or special law to the contrary, as of the effective date of this
act the state treasurer shall credit and transfer $10,000,000
from the general fund to the Teacher, Principal and Superintendent
Quality Endowment Fund established pursuant to the provisions
of section 35S of chapter
10 of the General Laws.

SECTION 79. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general
or special law to the contrary, prior to certifying the consolidated
net surplus in accordance with section
5C of chapter 29 of the General Laws, the comptroller shall,
to the extent possible, eliminate deficits in any fund contributing
to the surplus by transferring positive fund balances from any
other fund contributing to the surplus.

SECTION 80. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general
or special law to the contrary, the advisory council on Alzheimer's
disease and related disorders, as established in the office of
the governor by section 379 of chapter 194 of the acts of 1998,
shall continue during fiscal years 2001 and 2002. Said advisory
council shall advise state agencies on matters of the policy,
programs, services and information affecting residents of the
commonwealth with dementia-related illnesses and their caregivers.
Said advisory council shall have the following goals: (1) to recommend
the delivery of services in the most effective and efficient manner
possible, including identifying means of coordination and cooperation
among different state agencies in order to achieve cost savings
and to facilitate meeting the needs of people with dementia and
their caregivers; (2) to identify additional sources of federal
and private sector funding with which the commonwealth may provide
additional services and programs for people with dementia and
their caregivers; (3) to promote public and professional awareness
and education relative to dementia and access to dementia services
and programs; (4) to identify service delivery mechanisms that
enhance the quality of life for people with dementia and their
caregivers; (5) and to evaluate and coordinate implementation
of recommendations made in 1994 by the governor's conference on
Alzheimer's disease. Said advisory council shall consist of 17
persons, five of whom shall be appointed by the governor, five
of whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives,
five of whom shall be appointed by the president of the senate,
one of whom shall be appointed by the minority leader of the house
of representatives and one of whom shall be appointed by the minority
leader of the senate. The persons so appointed to said advisory
council shall be representatives of state agencies, consumers,
medical research and provider communities, and representatives
of the Massachusetts chapters on Alzheimer's disease and related
disorders associations. Members of said advisory council duly
appointed to the council and serving on June 30, 2000 shall serve
without reappointment during fiscal years 2001 and 2002. Said
council shall meet not less than quarterly and shall prepare an
annual report of its activities and recommendations that shall
be filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means
and the joint committee on human services and elderly affairs.

SECTION 81. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general
or special law to the contrary, the comptroller shall transfer,
without further appropriation, not later than ten days after the
effective date of this act, to the Capital Improvement and Investment
Trust Fund established pursuant to section 19 of chapter 289 of
the acts of 1998, the amount of $86,874,694 from the general fund.
The purpose of said amounts so transferred shall be to finance
the appropriations in section 2E.

SECTION 82. Notwithstanding section 230 of chapter 127
of the acts of 1999 or any other general or special law to the
contrary and at the direction of the secretary of administration
and finance, the comptroller may allocate monies from the Maximization
Fund to the executive office of elder affairs regardless of whether
said office collects net additional nontax revenues in excess
of the amounts estimated in section 1B of said chapter 127; provided,
that all other provisions of said section 230 shall apply to any
such allocations.

SECTION 83. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general
or special law to the contrary, including chapter
34B of the General Laws, the administrative office of the
trial court shall be responsible for the costs of the energy improvements
contract, so-called, between the former Hampden county and Citicorp
Real Estate, Inc.

SECTION 84. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general
or special law or rule or regulation to the contrary and to the
extent permitted by federal law, the division of health care finance
and policy shall use the depreciation schedule for the physical
plant of the Farren Care Center in the town of Turners Falls,
that was in effect and incorporated into the March 1990 agreement
between the department of public welfare and the Farren Care Center,
Inc. and used for the rate years 1991 to 1993 inclusive, for purposes
of calculating the rate of medicaid payments made by the division
to the Farren Care Center pursuant to chapter
118G of the General Laws, for the year 2000. The division
shall also recalculate the rate of medicaid payments made by the
division to the Farren Care Center for the years 1994 to 1999,
inclusive, using said 1990 depreciation schedule, and shall pay
to the Farren Care Center the difference between the actual rate
of Medicaid payments made by the division to the Center and the
recalculated rate of medicaid payments based on said depreciation
schedule for such years. Payments for the provisions included
herein shall be made from item 4000-0305 of section 2A.

SECTION 85. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general
or special law or rule or regulation to the contrary and to the
extent permitted by federal law, the division of health care finance
and policy shall not, in calculating the rate of medicaid payments
to the Farren Care Center in the town of Turners Falls, pursuant
to chapter 118G of the General Laws, make such payments to said
center in any given year that are lower than the total medicaid
reimbursement payments made to said Center in the immediately
preceding year. To the extent the division made medicaid payments
in any given year below the level of such payments in the immediately
preceding year to the Farren Care Center, the division shall pay
to said center the difference between the actual medicaid payments
made and the payment level of the immediately preceding year to
the extent that it was higher than the payment level of the subsequent
year. The division shall also not impose a cap on the rate of
medicaid payments to the Farren Care Center for the year 2000.
Payments for the provisions included herein shall be made from
item 4000-0305 of section 2A.

SECTION 86. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general
or special law or rule or regulation to the contrary and to the
extent permitted by federal law, the division of health care finance
and policy shall, in calculating the rate of medicaid payments
to the Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Care in the town
of West Springfield for the year 1995, retrospectively apply the
rate for "a new facility", and shall pay to said Center
the difference between the rate of medicaid payments under the
new facility standard and the rate of medicaid payments actually
made pursuant to the 1992 cost report of said center's predecessor,
the West Springfield Nursing Home. The division shall retrospectively
apply the 1995 cost report for purposes of calculating the rate
of medicaid payments by the division to the Center for Rehabilitation
and Nursing Care for the years 1995 to 1997, inclusive, and shall
pay to said center the difference between the 1995-cost-report-based
rate and the actual rate used by the division to determine medicaid
payment levels for the years 1995 to 1997, inclusive. Further,
the division shall recalculate the rates for the years 1998 to
2000, inclusive, to the extent that changes to the rates for 1995
to 1997, inclusive, alter the rates for the years 1998 to 2000,
inclusive. For purposes of calculating the rate of medicaid payments
to the Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Care for the year
2000, the division shall not impose a cap on the rate of medicaid
payments to the Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, for the
year 2000. Payments for the provisions included herein shall be
made from item 4000-0305 of section 2A of this act.

SECTION 87. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general
or special law to the contrary, the division of medical assistance
may enter into contracts with certain home health agencies to
provide home health services to medical assistance recipients.
The division may enter into such contracts with only those home
health agencies that: (1) are organized as not-for-profit entities;
(2) in fiscal year 1999, delivered more than 10 per cent of all
MassHealth reimbursed skilled nursing visits and more than 15
per cent of all MassHealth reimbursed home health aide services;
and (3) in the determination of the division, provide services
that are essential to ensure access to home health services for
medical assistance recipients. The division shall ensure that
any home health agency that is a party to any such contract shall
comply with any performance measures, outcome goals, cost-effectiveness
standards and other terms and conditions established by the division.
In defining a prospective payment amount under the system under
this subsection the division shall consider an appropriate unit
of service and the number, type and duration of visits provided
within that unit and a general system design that provides for
continued access to quality services through appropriate adjustments
based upon a clinical assessment of each patient's needs. In addition,
the department of public health shall establish procedures to
ensure appropriate access and quality of services provided under
this system. The department shall conduct an assessment of this
demonstration after six months and shall report the findings to
the house and senate committees on ways and means.

SECTION 88. The commonwealth, a county, a municipality,
a political subdivision or a trust may agree with any employee,
by contract or collective bargaining agreement, to remit payments
for deposit into the Trust through payroll deductions. Such payments
into the trust shall be treated as all other deposits to the trust.

SECTION 89. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general
or special law to the contrary, the department of highways shall
notify each city and town not later than August 15, 2000, of the
apportionment of each city's and town's share of an amount not
less than $150,000,000 in new chapter
90 authorizations, so-called that shall be available for use
beginning in fiscal year 2001.

SECTION 90. Notwithstanding section 29A or 29B of chapter
29 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to
the contrary, the comptroller may approve payments for certain
contracted services of the department of youth services rendered
in fiscal year 1999 and prior fiscal years for which certain regulations
and procedures adopted under the authority of said section 29A
or 29B or any other general or special law were not properly followed.
The head of such department and the secretary of health and human
services shall certify in writing that such services actually
were performed and shall explain to the satisfaction of the comptroller
the circumstances which led to the failure to properly follow
applicable regulations and procedures. Such payments shall be
based on schedules filed by such department with the comptroller
and with the house and senate committees on ways and means. Such
payments shall be charged to the appropriate item in fiscal year
2001 in accordance with procedures established by the comptroller
for the payment of prior year deficiencies.

SECTION 91. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general
or special law to the contrary, Worcester State College may borrow
an amount not to exceed $14,000,000 through the Massachusetts
Health and Educational Facilities Authority for the planning,
design, repair, renovation and deferred maintenance to campus
facilities, including the Sullivan Academic Center, the administration
building and the gymnasium building.

SECTION 92. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general
or special law to the contrary, no expenditures shall be made
from item 2410-1000 of section
2 of chapter 159 of the acts of 2000 after September 30, 2000
until the improvements authorized for Abigail Adams state park
by item 2440-7958 of section
2 of chapter 85 of the acts of 1994 is complete.

SECTION 93. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general
or special law to the contrary, the attorney general shall submit
a report to the general court addressing whether there exists,
in the form of unfair or anti-competitive practices, improper
or unsound uses of the assets of a public charity, or otherwise,
any barriers to open accessibility in the health care delivery
system in the city of Springfield. The attorney general shall
detail in the report the existing relationships between health
insurers, health maintenance organizations, hospitals and other
providers in the health care market and whether any such relationships
impact upon any issues of open accessibility, including the availability
of emergency care services. The attorney general shall submit
the report, along with any recommendations for legislative or
other action, to the clerks of the house of representatives and
of the senate on or before December 31, 2000.

SECTION 94. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general
or special law to the contrary, the division of health care finance
and policy shall reimburse any facility that is owned by the city
of Haverhill and provides specialized care to Alzheimer patients,
whose employees belong to the public employees retirement administrative
commission pension system, the base year costs of all pension
contributions beginning in rate year 2000 without subject to ceilings
or standards established by the division of health care finance
and policy.

SECTION 95. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general
or special law to the contrary, the division of medical assistance
shall negotiate and implement an intergovernmental transfer agreement
for hospital fiscal years 2000 and 2001 with the Hale Hospital
in the city of Haverhill. Pursuant to the agreement, the division
may expend an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 from the medical
assistance intergovernmental transfer account within the Uncompensated
Care Trust Fund for the intergovernmental funds transfer component
of disproportionate share payments and service rate payments,
as established in accordance with Title XIX of the federal Social
Security Act, or any successor federal statute, any regulations
promulgated thereunder, the medicaid state plan and the terms
and conditions of agreements reached with the division for such
transfer payments. No funds shall be expended unless said hospital
is legally obligated to make an intergovernmental funds transfer
to the division for deposit into said medical assistance intergovernmental
transfer account in an amount specified in the agreement which
amount shall be not less than 50 per cent of the amount of the
intergovernmental funds transfer. All revenues generated pursuant
to the provisions of this section shall be credited to said medical
assistance intergovernmental transfer account. An accounting of
such payments shall be reported quarterly to the house and senate
committees on ways and means.

SECTION 96. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general
or special law to the contrary, the comptroller shall charge the
Social Services Program Fund that percentage of fiscal year 2000
expenditures in items 4800-0014, 4800-0015, 4800-0018, 4800-0031,
4800-0036, 4800-0041, 4800-1100 and 4800-1400 of section
2 of chapter 127 of the acts of 1999 that is consistent with
maximizing the federal Social Services Block Grant. Such charges
to said fund shall be based upon certification by the department
of social services that such charges reflect the appropriate distribution
of actual expenditures. The charges shall be subject to the approval
of the secretary of administration and finance and shall be made
by the comptroller in August, 2000. The comptroller shall report
such charges to the house and senate committees on ways and means
not later than ten days after making them.

SECTION 97. The comptroller shall transfer as of June
30, 2000, $66,612,774 from the general fund to the MBTA Infrastructure
Renovation Fund.

SECTION 98. Section 35U of chapter
10 of the General Laws is hereby repealed.

SECTION 99. Notwithstanding any general or special law
to the contrary, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
is hereby authorized and directed to expend $66,612,774 from the
MBTA Infrastructure Renovation Fund, established pursuant to section
35U of chapter 10 of the General Laws, for the design, permitting,
construction and other associated costs related to the restoration
of the Old Colony rail line extension on the Greenbush line so-called;
and for the design, renovation and reconstruction of necessary
station improvements upon the core transit red line operation.

SECTION 100. Sections 22, 23 and 24 shall apply to complaints
filed pursuant to chapter
209A of the General Laws, on or after 90 days following enactment.

SECTION 102. Sections 13, 14, 15 and 16, inclusive,
shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1,
1996.

SECTION 103. Section 98 shall take effect on July 1,
2005.

SECTION 103A. (a) Two years following the effective
date of sections 20A to 20D, inclusive, the deputy director of
employment and training shall issue a report to the chairs of
the joint committee on commerce and labor of the general court
evaluating the effectiveness of the payment of benefits under
said sections 20A to 20D, inclusive.

(b) Sections 20A to 20D, inclusive, shall be applied in accordance
with the regulations of the United States Secretary of Labor.

(c) Sections 20A to 20D, inclusive, shall be in effect as a
pilot program for three years from the effective date of its implementation
if the pilot program conforms and its practices substantially
comply with the requirements of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act,
26 U.S.C. sections 3301-3311, and Title III of the Social Security
Act, 42 U.S.C. sections 501-504.

SECTION 103B. Notwithstanding the provisions of any
special or general law to the contrary, sections 99A to 99D, inclusive,
shall not take effect until such time as the division of employment
and training has furnished a study of the impact on the state's
economy and the revenue cost to the commonwealth including, but
not limited to, an analysis showing the impact on employers of
varying sizes, the current practice of other states, any anticipated
change in employment, unemployment rates and ancillary economic
activity to the general courts joint committee on commerce and
labor and to the house and senate committees on ways and means.

SECTION 104. Except as otherwise provided, this act
shall take effect as of June 30, 2000. `tuc ENDORSEMENTS FOLLOW
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